AN APPARATUS (100) SUCH AS A TELEVISION SIGNAL RECEIVER EMPLOYS AN EFFICIENT AND COST-EFFECTIVE SIGNAL PROCESSING ARCHITECTURE WHICH ENABLES, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE RECEPTION AND PROCESSING OF BOTH ANALOG AND DIGITAL SIGNALS FROM MULTIPLE SIGNAL SOURCES, SUCH AS BUT NOT LIMITED TO,TERRESTRIAL AND CABLE SIGNAL SOURCES. ACCORDING TO AN EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS, THE APPARATUS (100) INCLUDES A FIRST TUN...

5 A SAFETY CONE SECTION WITH A SUBSTANTIALLY SQUARE BASE ABSTRACT ACCORDING TO THE TEACHING OF THIS INNOVATION, AN INTEGRAL SAFETY CONE (10) COMPRISING A HOLLOW CONE SECTION (I 1) WITH A BASE (12) IS PROVIDED. IT IS INTEGRALLY MOULDED AND MADE 5 FROM ORANGE COLORED PLASTIC MATERIALS. THE BASE (12) IS SUBSTANTIALLY SQUARE IN SHAPE. FOUR HIDDEN COMPARTMENTS (13) ARE PROVIDED AT FOUR COMERS OF THIS B...

7 7 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING TARGET FAILBACK AND TARGET PRIORITY FOR A DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEM 5 ABSTRACT A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ORGANIZING AND SORTING TARGETS RECEIVED IN A REFERRAL RESPONSE AND FOR REALIZING A TARGET FAIL-BACK AND A TARGET PRIORITY POLICY IN A 10 DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEM IS PROVIDED. IN ONE EMBODIMENT, A SORTING METHOD INCLUDES RECEIVING A REFERRAL RESPONSE IN THE FORM ...

PLASTIC BEADS, INCLUDING POLYAMIDES AND POLYSTYRENE BEADS CROSSLINKED WITH DIVINYLBENZENE, HAVING A CURABLE RESIN COATING ARE HIGHLY USEFUL FOR SAND CONTROL AND/OR HYDRAULIC FRACTURING OF SUBTERRANEAN. THE CURABLE RESIN COATED PLASTIC BEADS PREFERABLY HAVE AN APPARENT SPECIFIC GRAVITY LESS THAN ABOUT 1.5.

19 M-COMMERCE VIRTUAL CASH SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A VIRTUAL CASH SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS HAS AN ACCOUNT RECORD CONTAINING A RECORD OF MONEY AMOUNTS ASSOCIATED WITH A WIRELESS DEVICE AND A TRANSMITTER FOR 5 WIRELESSLY TRANSMITTING TO THE WIRELESS DEVICE PREDETERMINED INFORMATION FROM THE ACCOUNT RECORD. CASH AMOUNTS CAN BE SPENT FROM THE ACCOUNT RECORD DIRECT...

PILE JOINT APPARATUS 5 A PILE JOINT APPARATUS (200) FOR JOINING A FIRST CONCRETE PILE TO A SECOND CONCRETE PILE, THE APPARATUS (200) COMPRISING: A PLURAL TY OF BARS (203) DEFORMED TO FORM A PLURALITY OF DEFORMED SECTIONS (210), THE PLURALITY OF DEFORMED SECTIONS (210) BEING AT A FIRST END OF EACH OF THE PLURALITY OF BARS (203). AND A JOINT PLATE (201) HAVING SECURELY ATTACHED TO IT THE DEFORMED SE...

A PATCH PANEL SYSTEM INCLUDING A CHASIS AND A PLURALITY OF MODULES. THE CHASSIS INCLUDES ELONGATED STRUCTURES CONFIGURED TO INTERCONNECT TOP, BOTTOM AND SIDE PORTIONS OF THE CHASSIS. THE ELONGATED STRUCTURES ARE ALSO CONFIGURED TO RECEIVEAND SECURE A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND THE PLURALITY OF MODULES TO THE CHASSIS. THE MODULES INCLUDE A HOUSING AND A MODULE CARD. THE CARD CAN INCLUDE A VARIETY OF...

An improved equipment and method for reducing vibrations of a lift cage is intended for use in lifts of the type having a lift cage is intended for use in lifts of the type having a lift cage guided along rails in which a sensor for detecting positional changes of the lift cage and/or lift cage accelerations is coupled to a regulator which in turn controls an actuator for changing the position of ...

7,60 617FLQ 116 1@(O 2DOC COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE 5 A COMMUNICATION APPARATUS WHICH INCLUDES A PLURALITY OF ELECTRODES FOR ELECTROSTATICALLY COUPLING TO THE OUTSIDE AND COMMUNICATES THROUGH A COMMUNICATION MEDIUM, INCLUDING: A COMMUNICATION PROCESSING SECTION FOR PERFORMING A COMMUNICATION PROCESS; A CONNECTION SECTION 10 FOR CONNECTING THE COMMUN...

A METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING ELONGATED SEMICONDUCTOR STRIPS FROM A WAFER OF SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL ARE DISCLOSED. VACUUM IS APPLIED TO THE FACE OF EACH ELONGATED SEMICONDUCTOR STRIP FORMING AN EDGE OF THE WAFER OR BEING ADJACENT TO THE EDGE. THE WAFER AND A SOURCE OF THE VACUUM ARE DISPLACED TO SEPARATE EACH ELONGATED SEMICONDUCTOR STRIP FROM THE WAFER. FURTHER, A METHOD AND AN APPARAT...

THE INVENTION RELATES TO A METHOD FOR PERFORMING ADJUSTMENTS AT A BONDING HEAD (1) WHEREIN A BONDING HEAD ELEMENT (4, 5) IS POSITIONED RELATIVE TO A REFERENCE ELEMENT, IN PARTICULAR TO AN ULTRASONIC TOOL (3) AND WHEREIN AT LEAST ONE ENVIRONMENT OF THE REFERENCE ELEMENT, IN PARTICULAR OF THE TIP OF THE ULTRASONIC TOOL (3), IS OPTICALLY CAPTURED BY MEANS OF A CAMERA (8) AND IS DISPLAYED IN AN IMAGE ...

PIN-TYPE MEC"ANICAL PILEJOINT WITI-1 SAFETY FEATURES AHSTRACL A PIN TYPC MECHANICAL PILC JOINT COMPRISCS A LOCKING PIN (I 1) WITH A IWOSLA-C T@LILFFC CONDITION AND A HUILT IN \@ARNIMA SAL'CLV SVMCILL. 5 MOST ILLUS(RATIVE DHQ'R-AMS :

A FRAME FOR SUPPORTING HIP SPICA CAST APPLICATION 5 THE PRESENT INVENTION RELATES TO A FRAME FOR SUPPORTING A PATIENT DURING A HIP SPICA CAST APPLICATION, COMPRISING: A) A BASE (51), B) A T-SECTION WITH A FIRST MEMBER (52) EXTENDING UPRIGHT FROM A FRONT PORTION OF THE BASE (51) AND A SECOND MEMBER (53) HORIZONTALLY ATTACHED OD THE TOP OF THE FIRST MEMBER (52); C) AN ADJUSTMCDT BAR (54) ADJUSTABLY ...

THE PRESENT INVENTION DISCLOSES A METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF PRESS MANUFACTURED, BRAZED COMPOSITE SLABS FOR USE IN HOT ROLLING COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: (1) DETERMINING THE MATERIALS AND DIMENSIONS OF THE SUBSTRATE AND CLAD PLATES, BASED ON THE SPECIFICATION OF THE END PRODUCTS; (2) CLEANSING THE SURFACES OF TILE SUBSTRATE AND CLAD PLATES THAT ARE TO BE CLAD TOGETHER; (3) COMPOSING SLAB COMPRISI...

DISCLOSED IS A WATER SOFTENER, WHICH IS OPERABLE IN A SOFT WATER MODE IN WHICH COLD/HOT RAW WATER IS CHANGED INTO COLD/HOT 5 SOFT WATER USING AN ION EXCHANGE RESIN, A RUNNING WATER MODE IN WHICH COLD/HOT RUNNING WATER AS THE COLD/HOT RAW WATER IS DISCHARGED, A REGENERATION MODE IN WHICH REGENERATED WATER IS GENERATED BY A REGENERATION MATERIAL AND REGENERATION WASTE WATER GENERATED IN REGENERATION...

FOR APPLYING A LABEL TO AN ARTICLE, AND WITH A RFDD TAG ON THE LABEL ALSO BEING SEPARATED FROM THE ARTICLE, AND FOR MINIMIZING THE INFLUENCE FROM THE ARTICLE ON THE TAG, AND FOR SECURING STABLE READING AND WRITING OF DATA, A LABEL APPLICATION DEVICE APPLIES A LABEL TO WHICH A RFID TAG COMPRISING AN IC CHIP AND COMMUNICATION ANTENNA IS FIXED, TO THE ARTICLE. A FOLDING DEVICE FOLDS A PORTION OF THE ...

A WAFER PROCESSING CHAMBER (1001) IS PROVIDED FOR ALLOWING A FLUID FLOW AND A FLUID PRESSURE WITHIN THE CHAMBER TO BE CONTROLLED IN A VARIABLE MANNER. THE CHAMBER UTILIZES REMOVABLE PLATES (1091, 6011) THAT CAN BE CONFIGURED TO CONTROL THE FLUID FLOW AND THE FLUID PRESSURE IN AN INNER VOLUME (1191) WITHIN THE CHAMBER. ALSO, THE REMOVABLE PLATES CAN BE USED TO SEPARATE THA INNER VOLUME WITHIN THE C...

14 ABSTRACR COMPOSITE BLADTNG MEMBER AND METHOD FOR MAKING A COMPOSITE BLADING MEMBER (10) INCLUDES AN AIRFOIL (12) AND A BASE (20) OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL LAYERS (40) AND A PLATFORM (38) OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL LAYERS (40) INTERFUSED WITH THE AIRFOIL (12) AND BASE (20). THE PLATFORM (38) COMPRISES A PLATFORM SHELF (42) AND A PLURALITY OF SPACED-APART PLATFORM SUPPORTS (44,46) INTEGRAL WITH THE PLATFO...

TUBULAR THREADED JOINT A TUBULAR THREADED JOINT WHICH HAS EXCELLENT RESISTANCE TO COMPRESSION AND WHICH PERMITS EASY TIGHTENING OPERATION IN THE FIELD IN A VERTICAL STATE COMPRISES A PIN HAVING A MALE THREADED ZONE 5 AND A BOX HAVING A FEMALE THREADED ZONE. 'NE PIN OR THE BOX HAS AN END SHOULDER SURFACE ON ITS END, AND THE OTHER MEMBER HAS A SHOULDER SURFACE WHICH ABUTS AGAINST THE END SHOULDER SU...

IN AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE THAT INCLUDES A FIRST MEMORY THAT IS CAPABLE OF INPUTTING DATA INTO AND /OR OUTPUTTING DATA FROM A SECOND MEMORY AND A PROCESSING UNIT IN WHICH AT LEAST PART OF AT LEAST ONE DATA FLOW IS CHANGEABLE, THE PROCESSING UNIT INCLUDES, IN ADDITION TO A DATA PROCESSING SECTION THAT PROCESSES DATA THAT IS INPUTTED FROM AND/OR OUTPUTTED TO THE FIRST MEMORY,A FIRST ADDRESS OUT...