A casino all-in-one kiosk includes a card issuing unit that enables self serviceregistration and dispensing of casino loyalty cards, in addition to cash-dispensing,and ticket redemption functions. The kiosk may also be adapted to provide ancillaryservices such as hotel check-in/check iout, reservations and ticketing,and coupon printing, and may further be integrated with a financial servicesnetwor...

An apparatus and method for collecting whole blood and then separating it intocomponents for subsequent use or storage. A self-contained bag set is used tocollect the sample, which may then be placed into a device adapted to fit into acentrifuge for separation of components. Each component is then sequentiallyextracted according to density, with a sensor present in the device to controlthe operati...

A method for making a sintered article comprising providing a plurality of individual blocks of sinterable matrix material, arranging said blocks in abutting relationship to form an assembly of said blocks in a sinter mold wherein sai d assembly comprises a plurality of said blocks extending in at least one direction thereof and sintering said assembly under pressure in the mold to form an integra...

An apparatus and method for determining at least one downhole formation property is disclosed. The apparatus includes a pretest piston positionable in fluid communication with the formation, and a series of flowlines pressure gauges, and valves configured to selectively draw into the apparatus for measurement of one of formation fluid and mud. The method includes performing a first pretest to dete...

DESBOBINADEIRA TIPO CORDA NO CARRETEL E SISTEMA TRITURADOR. Uma corda feita de fibras de celulose, de cujas fibras a estrutura química polimérica não foi modificada (referidas como fibras de celulose "brutas"), são submetidas a intensa radiação de feixe de elétrons insuficiente para degradar sua estrutura química, mas suficiente para modificar sua estrutura física de maneira a permitir que elas se...

For manufacturing the laminated mold comprising the laminate ( 11 ) being formed of a plurality of thin sheets ( 11 a) laminated on each other, laminate the thin sheets with the excess portions of respective thin sheets exceeding the profile of the tire crown portion on the side of contacting with the tire stepping face left, then remove the excess portions, form the sector mold by placing the lam...

An organic electroluminescence display capable of increased luminance and luminous efficiency by forming an organic light emitting device in a recessed structure is disclosed. The organic electroluminescence display comprises a pixel defining layer provided with an opening, a first electrode formed on the opening of the pixel defining layer in a recessed structure, an organic emission layer formed...

A system and method for automatically returning a self-moving robot to a charger is provided. The charger emits infrared light from an infrared module in response to a charging request signal received from the self-moving robot through a wireless transceiver, and outputs an infrared emission signal according to the infrared light emission. The self-moving robot communicates a variety of data with ...

A method and apparatus for optically examining an object in a contactless manner, in which light successively impinges upon the surface of an object being examined. The different sources of light strike the object surface at different angles of incidence and reflect off the surface and are then able to be measured by an image sensor which produces a plurality of image data sets having different co...

Autonomous personal service robot to monitor its owner for symptoms of distress and provide assistance. The system may include sensors to detect situations before they affect people such as smoke, heat, temperature and carbon monoxide sensors. The system can provide security for the home. The PRA may comprise features such as a medicine dispenser and blood pressure cuff. Features such as broadband...

A communication system that can quickly perform the processing of the data re-transmission when error occurs in the data. The communication system includes an automatic original feeder and an image reader that transmit and receive data simultaneously. A CPU provided in the automatic original feeder determines error of reception data. The CPU adds the result of the determination to transmission dat...

A folding chair includes a base frame having front and rear portions rotatably coupled to each other for relative movement between opened and collapsed conditions. The frame members of the front and rear portions of the base frame respectively define front and rear legs providing standing support for the chair in the opened condition. The base frame includes first and second mounts respectively di...

A mine vehicle and a method of preventing a mine vehicle from colliding. The mine vehicle (1) includes at least one scanner (13, 14) to scan the environment in front of the vehicle. On the basis of the scanning, an obstacle-free route is determined whose outermost points in a sideward direction are stored as memory points (21). At least one sideward safe area (15b) has been predetermined around th...

The present invention relates to improved electrochemical biosensor strips andmethods for determining the concentration of an analyte in a sample. By selectively measuringa measurable species residing in a diffusion barrier layer, to the substantialexclusion of the measurable species residing exterior to the diffusion barrierlayer, measurement errors introduced by sample constituents, such as red ...

A device to encourage hand washing compliance in a facility such as a restroomincludes a housing configured for detachably mounting on a support surface.An ambient light sensor is disposed relative to the housing to detect ambientlight within the room. An audio device within the housing contains at least oneaudible hand washing compliance message track that is played over a speaker withinthe housi...

A test strip is provided for determining the presence or quantity of an analyte in a liquid by inserting the strip into an optical reading apparatus. The test strip is provided with an orientation index zone having a reflectance that contrasts with the reflectance of areas contiguous thereto and such orientation index zone is employed to affirm tha t the test strip has not been inserted upside dow...

A gear drive mechanism with two rotary gears meshing with each other has a first friction rim surface rotationally coupled to one of the two gears and a second friction rim surface rotationally coupled to the other of the two gears. The friction rim surfaces are in mutual contact with each other and thereby enabled to transmit a friction-based torque between each other.

An extendable spar buoy sea-based communication system includes a spar buoy having a retracted configuration deployable from an underwater vessel and an extended configuration after deployment, and a communication subsystem mounted to the top of the spar buoy and supported thereby.