The present invention relates to a system and method for preparing quotes for multi-component apparatus and their components, such as computer equipment. Generally, quotes for computer equipment are prepared by hand. This is very difficult and time consuming and if the price of a component changes (which it generally does quite quickly in the volatile computer equipment market) quotes will become ...

The invention relates to a credit updating system (16) which permits credit files stored in different formats, and possibly in different countries, to be seamlessly exchanged and updated without conversion on the end users' part. A central credit repository (20) stores credit information in a universal format, such as the ICCIF format formulated by Equifax, In., but contains an interpreter module ...

A fulfillment server (16) for managing ATP data in a distributed supply chain planning environment receives an ATP request (30) from one of multiple clients (12). The ATP request (30) includes multiple request line-items that each correspond to a desired product. The fulfillment server (16) then generates one or more component ATP requests (32) based on the request line-items and communicates comp...

The invention relates to an electronic device for optically recording onto rewritable media in which two different states are produced on the medium according to information content. According to the invention, the reflection of only one of the states is measured when writing the states, and the measurement for controlling the power of the laser diode is used also when writing the other state.

An olefin polymerization catalyst comprising an organoaluminium oxy-compound (a) and two cyclopentadienyl transition metal compounds (b-I) and (b-II). A process for olefin polymerization in the presence of the catalyst and ethylene/ alpha -olefin copolymer obtainable by copolymerizing ethylene with an alpha -olefin in the presence of the catalyst. Graft modified ethylene/ alpha -olefin copoly...

A Transaction Authorization Method operating over a computer network comprising a plurality of interconnected computers and a plurality of resources, each computer including a processor, memory and input/output devices, each resource operatively coupled to at least one of the computers and executing at least one of the activities in the process flow, the method characterized in that it assembles a...

A reminder and actioning system (2) responds to approaching due dates by by sending e-mails to the clients (1) to which they relate. The e-mails contains links of some form so that the client can be taken easily to an instruction giving web page. The web page lists the approaching due dates and allows the client (1) to instruct the operator to perform the actions due on the listed dates. The due d...

The patent allows supermarket customers and visitors to exhibitions, fairs or shows to quickly find the goods to buy or the stands to visit, avoiding pointless routes, loss of time and irritation, especially for those who only have a short time to make their purchase. This system also gives the certainty to find the products, satisfying the customers, who will happily return to the Commercial Cent...

The use of a plastic foam system, which contains at least one filler capable of swelling in the presence of water, for sealing openings in buildings, which are in contact with the outside, especially wall, floor and ceiling channels of pipes and/or cables.

A composite is produced by arranging several different materials, one of which is a material with oriented reinforcement, pre-impregnated with a resin and moulding at raised temp. for a time sufficient to harden the resin and ensure bonding between the components. The components, including the resin, are arranged at the same time, before raising the temp., i.e. the resin is not injected separately...

A composite is produced by arranging several different materials, one of which is a material with oriented reinforcement, pre-impregnated with a resin and moulding at raised temp. for a time sufficient to harden the resin and ensure bonding between the components. The components, including the resin, are arranged at the same time, before raising the temp., i.e. the resin is not injected separately...

A method of information transmission from above-ground to a downhole information receiver (esp. within a drilling tool), during drilling with mud circulation by an above-ground mud pump, comprises transmitting the information as mud flow rate changes which are detected and evaluated by the information receiver. The novelty is that the mud flow rate, produced by the mud pump, is changed in a region...

A graft modified ethylene/ alpha -olefin copolymer obtainable by graft copolymerizing an ethylene/ alpha -olefin copolymer with a polar monomer, wherein the ethylene/ alpha -olefin copolymer is a copolymer obtainable by copolymerizing ethylene with an alpha -olefin of 3 to 20 carbon atoms in the presence of a catalyst for olefin polymerization comprising (a) an organoaluminium oxy-compound and (b...

A sheet formed by using as a main component an aliphatic polyester having a melt viscosity of 1.0 x 10<3> - 1.0 x 10<6> poises at a temperature of 190 DEG C and a shear rate of 100 sec<-1>, and having a melting point of 70 - 190 DEG C . The sheet of the present invention is biodegraded when buried in soil and is excellent in mechanical properties and transparency. The sheet is also superior in non...

A process for making a paintable polymer article is described which comprises impregnating a polymeric substrate having a plurality of pores, the pores having a number average pore cross-section of less than 50 square microns, with a liquid sealant having a viscosity less than 25 kPa.s and heating the impregnated polymeric substrate to cure the sealant. The paintable polymer article may be coated ...

The present invention relates to a recording and reproducing method and apparatus for an optical disk 1 of the phase transition type that can be overwritten. According to this invention, the capacity of repeated rewriting of the optical disk 1 is expanded by recording either non-inverted write data 11a or inverted write data 11b at random. The deterioration due to the repeated rewriting at a start...

Collagen membranes are formed from porcine rinds (i.e., pig skins) for us in a variety of applications and, most preferably, for wrapping food products, such as hams and the like. First, after removing skins from the porcine, the skins are promptly frozen. In later processing, the rinds are thawed and then enzymatically defatted. Then, a quick alkalinic hydrolyzation is performed on the rinds. The...

A film for an illuminated signboard is described. The film is a semi-transparent film made of a stretched resin film containing a finely divided powder of a white inorganic material. The semi-transparent film satisfies the following requirements (1) to (4): (1) an opacity of from 40 % to 70 %; (2) a whiteness of from 80 % to 100 %; (3) a total light beam average reflectance of from 30 % to 6...

A novel process and apparatus are disclosed for cleaning wastewater containing metal ions in solution, hydrogen peroxide, and high solids, e.g., greater than about 50 mg/l particulate solids. A carbon adsorption column removes hydrogen peroxide in the wastewater feed containing high solids. A chemical precipitation unit removes the metal ions from solution. The process and apparatus remove metal i...

A novel process and apparatus are disclosed for cleaning wastewater containing metal ions in solution, hydrogen peroxide, and high solids, e.g., greater than about 50 mg/l particulate solids. A carbon adsorption column removes hydrogen peroxide in the wastewater feed containing high solids. A ion exchange unit removes the metal ions from solution. The process and apparatus remove metal ions such a...