A new building material made of chopped straw, cement, mortar cement or lime combined together with a bonding agent and pressed into building blocks of different sizes and shapes. The blocks come in different sizes and shapes to serve different building needs and/or to fit an integrated assembly system. The blocks are interlocked or fitted to correspond to specific situations. Depending on the pro...

The invention is a system and method a system used to control multiple downhole tools with one control line. The downhole tools may comprise any hydraulically actuated tools, such as valves, packers, or perforating guns. Each tool is associated with an indexer, in one embodiment, so that the tools can be operated in concert and as a system.

A perforation apparatus particularly useful for creating perforations in a foam-in-bag cushion and methods of using such apparatus are provided. The perforation apparatus is comprised of a frame, a main shaft mounted in the frame so as t o be rotatable about a central axis, at least one needle roller coupled to the ma in shaft such that rotation of the main shaft moves the needle roller through a ...

A filler and an electrical cable including the filler wherein the filler is positioned within an outer jacket of the cable along with a plurality of conductors. Th e filler features a core being formed of a foamed material and having a dielectric enhancing section extending there through. The core also includes a plurality of voids that are formed f or example, either by using a foaming agent or b...

A double-layer roller blind includes a first roller and a second roller horizontally arranged in parallel at the top side of a window, a first shade fastened with a top edge thereof to the first roller, a first bottom bar fastened to a bottom edge of the first shade, a second shade fastened with a top edge thereof to the second roller, and a second bottom bar fastened to a bottom edge of the secon...

A cord tensioner for the guide cords of a cord-guided window blind with movable rails holding a blind material. The cord tensioner, located at one o f the rails, is a helically wound, extension spring with an integral extension limiter, extending axially through the spring, to prevent it from being overextended.

An oil gas separation membrane combines a gas permeable yet oil and temperature resistant bulk polymer membrane such as poly(tetrafluoroethylene ) and poly(tetrafluoroethylene-co-hexafluoropropylene); a porous metal support suc h as sintered metal frit disk made with stainless steel, bronze or nickel; and an highly gas permeable adhesive that bonds firmly the bulk polymer membrane and the metal fr...

A system and process for interacting with a system in an insecure state is described. Before logging into a secure state of a computer system, a user is able to access limited information including calendar information regarding meetings for that day a nd the like. In some aspects of the invention, a user may interact with a displayed note pad for receiving handwritten or typed notes. Aspects of t...

One or more control components of an apparatus that connect with one or mo re mobile phones one or more toll-free calls placed by one or more users of one or more communication devices to one or more toll-free numbers associated with the o ne or more mobile phones.

A coupling system for securing an elongated wood member having a surface to a second body comprises a stitching body having a first end and a second end defining a length, and a first side and a second side. A first plurality of angled fastener bores is positioned generally on the first side of the stitching body, each configured to position a first side fastener element resting therein at least a...

A method for balancing the torque generated by the cylinders of an internal combustion engine comprising the stages of: determining for each cylinder quantity which indicates the torque generated by the cylinder in a given engine cycle; determining for each cylinder a nominal fuel amount to be injected in this cylinder in a subsequent engine cycle; determining for each cylinder a correction coeffi...