We form a weather-resistive barrier on a building by applying a compressibl e latex foam on the gaps between adjacent sheets of construction sheathing and coating the sheets and the foam with an aqueous coating composition.

We form a weather-resistive barrier on a building by applying a flexible an d compressible latex foam comprising one or more polymer having a glass transition temperature of less than 25.degree.C on the gaps between adjacent sheets of construction sheathing and coating the sheets and the foam with an aqueous coating composition. The aqueous coating composition is flexible and can comprise the same...

A wellhead completion assembly has a head connected to surface casing. A rotatable flange or the like can be used to connect various components to a threaded end of the head. A casing hanger installs in the head, and the hanger's upper end extends beyond the head's top edge. This exposed end has an external threaded connection to connect to various wellhead components using a rotatable flange or t...

A vehicle suspension system is configured so as to contain all of the suspension motion control elements completely within the volume of the road wheel while remote ly locating the energy storage device and damping device.

This invention encompasses a lubricating oil composition contaminated with a t least about 0.3 wt% of a biodiesel fuel or a decomposition product thereof, based on the total weight of the lubricating oil composition, comprising: a. a major amount of base oil of lubricating viscosity ; and b. a diarylamine compound, wherein, the amount of the diarylamine compound is at least about 0.1 wt.%, based o...

The tunnel (1) has a conveying device (2) for conveying a pharmaceutical container (11) through the tunnel. A heating device is provided for heating the pharmaceutical container in the tunnel. Two side guides are arranged in a conveying direction, where one of the side guides is movable in a perpendicular direction to the conveying direction. The side guides are formed as a side wall of the tunnel...

The vibration suppressing device includes vibration sensors, a FFT calculating unit, a store device, a calculating unit, and a NC device. The vibration sensors detect a time-domain vibrational acceleration of a rotary shaft during rotating. The FFT calculating unit calculates a frequency of chatter vibration and a frequency-domain vibrational acceleration in the frequency of chatter vibration on t...

A computer peripheral toy device is provided that connects to a personal computer and enables a child user to create drawings, animated figures, cards, posters, a nd other projects and items. The device includes a housing having a drawing tablet and a stylu s that connects to the housing for use on the drawing tablet. There a plurality of buttons o n the top surface of the housing that a user depr...

A digital phase accumulator especially for use in digital phase locked loop, comprising a two counters (CNl, CN2) for counting cycles of high frequency output (CKV) of the oscillator least significant and most significant bits, and input for reference frequency (CKR) in lower frequency than said high frequency (CKV), and the counter part for least significant bits (CNl) operates in a number system...

A method, apparatus, and system and operation of surface equipment to genera te steam while reducing the quantity of boiler blowdown and thereby increasing the amount of feedwater that is re-used or re-cycled in generating said steam. The present invention teaches that, on a sustained basis, the blowdown stream at the outlet of a once-through steam generator can be routed to the inlet of a second ...

A system and method is disclosed that provides for character or text selecti on and editing. The text and character selection is made by user contact with a tou ch sensitive screen. In order to allow for refinement of the selection, a second expanded view is implemented as compared to the original display configuration of the screen. Furthermore, the selection is described in relation to two endpo...

A touch screen display includes a display device and a touch-sensitive overl ay disposed on the display device. The touch sensitive overlay includes a substrate, fir st and second capacitive touch sensor circuit layers disposed on the substrate for determining a location of a touch to the touch screen display, and a thin-film deposited barrier layer for electrically isolating the first capacitive ...

A device for an electrode part (2) for a wireless biopotential measurement unit for attaching to the body, the measurement unit comprising a signal processor and transmitter part, and the electrode part (2) including at least one measuring electrode (22) for measuring a biopotential, the at least one measuring electrode (22) communicating with the signal processor and transmitter part, at least th...

System for sealing of trays with relevant thin-sheet, including one belt feeder (7) characterized by the presence of at least three or more parallel ways or paths, provided with fixed and non-movable partitions (17) aiming at determining the longitudinal and transversal organisation of the trays, nevertheless their quantity and dimensions. The aforementioned belt feeder (7) is followed by a first...

A gas flow absorber comprises an absorption vessel (1), having a vessel wall (2) defining a cylinder including an absorption material (4), the cylinder having a cylinder wall bearing, at the bottom thereof, in a circumferential slot (5) formed on a support plate (6) including a channel (7) therethrough a gas mixture flow (9) is conveyed, the channel having a channel hole (8) passing through an enl...