GERADOR EóLICO DE ALTITUDE. Patente de Modelo de Utilidade para um gerador eólico de altitude que é compreendido por um gerador eólico (7) acoplada ao corpo de um dirigível (1), que será estacionado em altitudes de pressão que vão desde 20.000 pés até 35.000 pés dependendo da altitude das correntes de jato no momento da operação para coletar a energia cinética dos fortes ventos em altitudes presen...

A color measurement instrument that is capable of both spot reading and strip reading. The instrument includes a handheld unit and a docking unit. When removed from the docking unit, the handheld unit is used for spot reading. When docked in the docking unit, the handheld unit and the docking unit are used together for strip reading. The handheld unit includes a self-storing target that is deploye...

The invention is an apparatus that is an extendable articulated flashlight. The apparatus have an electric power source; a housing for the electric power source, where the housing has a base; a light generating device; and an adjustable extendable collapsible arm connected to the housing and to the light generating device. The housing can additionally have a compartment for tools and a handle. In ...

An oil feeding device which has an oil reserving portion 50 and first oil requiring portions 8, 62, 63, 67, 68, 72 and 76 provided in a moving object, and a first oil discharging portion 58 for feeding an oil reserved in the oil reserving portion 50 to the first oil requiring portions comprises: a regulating member 64 for regulating a relative movement of the oil discharged from the first oil disc...

A liquid-medicine injection port device includes: a liquid-medicine inlet which is formed at its upper end; a liquid-medicine outlet which is formed at its lower end which is connectable to a liquid-medicine container; a liquid passageway which connects the liquid-medicine inlet and the liquid-medicine outlet; a germ-removal filter which is provided in the liquid passageway; and a closure which cl...

A method for determining the presence and/or amount of an analyte in a sample of whole blood comprises the step of treating the sample with a nonlytic hypertonic salt composition to reduce the hematocrit by reducing the size of the red blood cells. In optical detection systems, the smaller red blood cells create greater scatter, which allows a more accurate correction to be applied in a dual-wavel...

The present invention provides, inter alia, triphenylethylene derivatives, such as, 3-{4-[6-(3-Methoxy-phenyl)-8,9-dihydro-7H-benzocyclohepten-5-yl]-phenyl}-acrylic acid, as selective estrogen receptor modulators. Also provided are methods for treating estrogen stimulated diseases in mammals including, but not limited to, for example, breast, uterine, ovarian, prostate and colon cancer; osteoporos...

A cleaning robot and a control method thereof in which a cleaning path desired by the user is recognizable by the cleaning robot, thereby being capable of cleaning a cleaning area desired by the user in a pattern desired by the user. The cleaning robot includes a running unit to run the cleaning robot, a storage unit for storing a running path, along which the cleaning robot has learned, and a con...

A controller existing on a level above a media drive issues a first read command specifying a plurality of data blocks to the media drive, and upon detecting a time-out for the first read command, generates a second read command specifying a portion of the data blocks among the plurality of data blocks, and issues the second read command to the media drive. Upon receiving the portion of data block...

A method to obtain configuration data for a data processing apparatus by calculating ( 110 ) a time interval between the commencement of a mode ( 104 ) and a subsequent event ( 108 ). The calculated time interval is then compared ( 112 ) with one or more reference values ( 114 ). The result of the comparison is used to derive configuration data ( 116 ). The method may be further refined by includi...

An improved drive system for a shrimp peeling apparatus (10) includes a support frame (11) with a first (25) and a second (26) plurality of rollers mounted thereon. One of the plurality of rollers have rollers (25) that are of a larger diameter than the other rollers (26). The drive mechanism includes a computer controlled motor (61) that engages a cylindrically-shaped shaft (31) of each roller an...

The invention relates to a portable, cordless, hair dryer/blower that has a n elongated hollow body portion with a mass center line and including therein a blower motor and a heating element and having a posterior end and an anterio r end. A handle portion has a longitudinal axis extending substantially transversely from and along the mass center line of the elongated body portion. The handl e por...

There is now provided a method for making a polyisocyanate based rigid close d cell foam made by reacting an organic isocyanate with a polyol composition made u p of at least: a) an aromatic amine initiated polyoxyalkylene polyether polyol having an hydroxyl number of 200 meq polyol/g KOH or more; b) an aliphatic amine initiated polyoxyalkylene polyether polyol having an hydroxyl number of 200 meq...

SISTEMA APLICADO NA CORRETAGEM DE BENS MóVEIS E IMóVEIS o presente sistema (1) contém um conjunto de informações e recursos para anunciar, pela Internet (2) características de um bem móvel (BM) ou imóvel (BI) que se deseja adquirir, possibilitando aos vendedores (3) conciliar, encontrar e identificar, mútua e simultaneamente, os bens móveis e imóveis pela opção de compra dos compradores (4); atrav...

A control device for a vehicular drive system including a differential mechanism operable to distribute an output of an engine to a first electric motor and a power transmitting member, and a second electric motor disposed in a power transmitting path between the power transmitting member and a drive wheel of a vehicle. The control device includes a differential-state switching device operable to ...

An apparatus and method are provided for precisely isolating a target lesion in a patient's body tissue, resulting in a high likelihood of "clean" margins about the lesion when it is removed for diagnosis and/or therapy. This approach advantageously will often result in the ability to both diagnose and treat a malignant lesion with only a single percutaneous procedure, with no follow-up percutaneo...

An instrument assembly and method are described for isolating a target lesion in a patient's body tissue, resulting in a high likelihood of "clean" margins about the lesion when it is removed for diagnosis and/or therapy. This approach advantageously will often result in the ability to both diagnose and treat a malignant lesion with only a single percutaneous procedure, with no follow-up percutane...

A photoacoustic probe for port wine stain (PWS), burn and melanin depth measurements is comprised of optical fibers for laser light delivery and a piezoelectric element for acoustic detection. The probe induced and measured photoacoustic waves in acryl amide tissue phantoms and PWS skin in vivo. Acoustic waves were denoised using spline wavelet transforms, then deconvolved with the impulse respons...

The invention relates to a precursor article of a composite material comprising a polymer matrix and at least one reinforcing wire and/or fibres, said article comprising at least one reinforcing wire and/or fibres and at least one polymer matrix wire and/or fibres. The invention is characterised in that: said reinforcing wire and/or fibres are made from a reinforcing material and may comprise a th...

The present invention relates to aqueous dispersions for solid phenolic antioxidants, wherein the antioxidants are dispersed in the aqueous phase with polyvinyl alcohol as dispersing agent. The invention also relates to a process, which comprises stabilising a polymer material against oxidative, thermal or light-induced degradation by adding to the polymer the aqueous dispersion.