The present invention provides for exercise apparatus for exercising the core muscles of the human body and comprising an elongate member having a central portion with an engagement formation for locating the said central portion on the rear neck region of a user, first and second laterally extending portions each arranged for engagement by raised respective upper limbs of the user, the first and ...

Improved asphalt compositions and methods of preparing them. Methods according to the invention include mixing asphalt with lube stock and optionally with a gelling agent, surfactant and fillers. Fibers may, for example, include cellulose fibers, polyolefin fibers, and mineral wool. Inventive compositions provide viscosities suitable for ambient temperature applications as well as mid-temperature ...

The invention relates to an improved tank structure having an outer shell of metal material with an inner surface and an outer surface, and an inner shell of a plastic resin material fused to the inner surface of the outer shell. The tank structure has at least two insert fittings mounted in corresponding openings formed in the outer shell, each insert fitting defining an opening for providing acc...

Coupler has a safety lock and a latching hook. The safety lock pivots between an unlocked position in which it does not contact a first implement pin receivable within a pair of apertures, and a locked position in which it retains the first pin within the apertures. The latching hook pivots between an unlatched position in which it does not contact a second implement pin receivable within another ...

Embodiments of the present invention resolve the safety and product management issues associated with conventional abrasive wheel bushings by, for example, reducing the opportunity for improperly mounting an abrasive wheel without the appropriate reducing bushing, simplifying the purchasing process, and/or reserving valuable SKU space for primary products. The abrasive wheel itself can be tailored...

The invention provides a Hi-fi sound system for the digital transfer of sound information from a digital signal source (2) to one or several loudspeaker enclosures with integrated amplifiers is described. The system includes a control unit (4) that superimposes a digital signal corresponding to the sound information for all the loudspeakers onto a DC supply current for the amplifier units (9) of t...

A method of operating a glucose test meter is provided. The method can be achieved by storing a plurality of glucose readings to a first memory of the test meter, each of the glucose readings having a time stamp and an order index, the tim e stamp comprising a date and a time when the glucose reading was performed, the ord er index indicating an order in which the plurality of glucose readings was...

DONDE LA COMPOSICION COMPRENDE, EN % EN PESO: a) DE 5 A 60% DE UN COMPUESTO PLAGUICIDA DE FORMULA (A), DONDE R11 Y R12 REPRESENTAN H, HALOGENO, CN, ALQUILO C1-C4, HALOALQUILO C1-C4 O HALOALCOXI C1-C4, Y R13 ES ALCOXI C1-C4, HALOALQUILO C1-C4 O HALOALCOXI C1-C4, O UNA SAL DE ESTOS ACEPTABLE PARA AGRICULTURA; b) DE 30 A 94,9% DE UN DISOLVENTE SELECCIONADO ENTRE AGUA Y ALCOHOLES POLIHIDRICOS C2-C4 (E...

SE REFIERE A COMPUESTOS DE FORMULA I, V, VI, VII, DONDE W ES H, F, OH, ALQUILO C1-C6, OR1, ENTRE OTROS; X ES H, Cl, SO2R1, ALQUENILO C2-C6, ENTRE OTROS; Y ES OH, I, COOR1, ALQUINILO C2-C6, CN, ENTRE OTROS; Z ES H, SR1, SOR1, CN, ALQUILO C1-C6; T ES F, I, SO2R1, ALQUENILO C2-C6, CICLOALQUILO, HETEROALQUILO, ENTRE OTROS; R1 ES H, ALQUILO C1-C6, CICLOALQUILO, ALQUENILO C2-C6, HETEROALQUILO, ENTRE OTR...

A method and apparatus for recovering bitumen as froth from a feed stream having solids, water and bitumen is provided using a separating vessel having mount ed thereon a downpipe assembly, the downpipe assembly having at least one downpipe and a nozzle in fluid communication with each downpipe, for aerating a stream of middlings withdra wn from the separating vessel and reintroducing the aerated ...

Clutch components for automotive use usually include a pair of clutch member s with operative faces. In particular, planar one way clutches include a pair of clutch members whose operative faces are enclosed spaced opposition, with each clut ch face including a plurality of recessed defining respective load bearing shoulders . A plurality of struts are disposed between the coupling face of the mem...

A rotor blade for use in a wind energy system is disclosed. The rotor blade includes a rotor blade body comprising a tip; a down conductor extending along the rotor blade body; a conductive part including a conductive part body attached to the rotor blade body and connected to the down conductor, and an extension extending outward from the conductive part body and protruding out of the tip; a ligh...

A method of sharing with a portable electronic device of a first entity, calendar-event records associated with a second entity and accessible by a server. The meth od includes receiving at the server permission to share with the first entity the calend ar- event records associated with the second entity, receiving at the server a query including calendar-event time constraints, obtaining at the s...

A method of scheduling a recurring calendar event using an electronic device includes receiving constraints for the recurring calendar event, determining an occurrence of the recurring calendar event, determining a free time period that meets the constraints, for scheduling a next occurrence of the recurring calendar event, and scheduling the next occurrence of the recurring calendar event during ...

Apparatus, and an associated method, for the receive part of a receiving station, such as a mobile station or other transceiver of a cellular communication system. Selection is made of filter characteristics to be exhibited by an adaptive, input noise whitening filter. A noise estimator estimates a noise component of a noise sequence. An autocorrelation estimator estimates the noise-component auto...

A method of managing databases at an electronic device, associated with respective ones of a first PIM service account and a second PIM service account. The method includes: receiving representative data of records at a server associated with the second PIM service account and obtaining data representative of records already present at the electronic device; comparing the data representative of th...

A method of requesting addition to a calendar event includes receiving the calendar event as a shared calendar event for viewing at an electronic device of a requester, receiving a selection of the calendar event at the electronic device of the requester, providing at the electronic device of the requester a user-selectable option for requesting addition to the calendar event, generating at the el...

An improved method and handheld electronic device enable a user to create a number of rules for processing incoming calendar events. If the trigger elements of a given rule are satisfied, a result of the rule is automatically carried out with respect to the incoming calendar event. A calendar event that satisfies the trigger elements of a predetermined rule can therefore be automatically processed...