An apparatus and a process for extracting crustacean meat from shells is provided. The extracting method is based on mechanical separation utilizing heated water spray within a rotating drum assembly for removal and separation of meat from shells . The water is collected, pumped to a holding tank, and is flavored with natural crab extract for recycle within the process. The apparatus includes a ha...

A generally annular or donut-like headrest for use on an automotive seal is formed by a donut-like trim cover assembly having an opening, a generally "U" shaped headrest frame and a sealing and connecting frame. These parts are integrally joined using a foaming process. The headrest frame is placed in the donut-like trim cover assembly, with two stay portions thereof projecting outwardly from the ...

There is provided a method and device for measuring a rate of message element traffic over a message path in a communications network. The path includes at least one connection and is associated with a maximum rate of transmission. The path is periodically polled for transmission of a message element, the polling being performed at a polling rate associated with polling intervals which are at leas...

There is provided a method and a network element for feedback control of a rate of message transmission over a connection in a communications network. The source of message transmission is provided with instructions for setting a rate at which it will transmit messages. The instructions are transported by feedback messages received by the source. The received feedback messages contain an explicit ...

A system and method for managing high speed traffic though switching elements in a digital network such as an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) network. The system applies in particular to available bit rate (ABR) and unspecified bit rate (UBR) categories of service in an ATM network. ABR traffic incorporates resource management cells (RM) in a feed back loop from destination to source for the purp...

An operator-directed soft-permanent virtual circuit (ODR SPVC) is established by manually provisioning a preferred path for the connection, including a source node, destination node, and intermediate nodes or subnetworks therebetween. The source network creates an SPVC Call Setup message which is signalled along the preferred path, whereby the intermediate nodes along the preferred path establish ...

In an NXN packet switch, for example an ATM switch, multicast connections receive backpressure signals from congested output ports in the switch core. The cells in the connections are destination address modified not to send to the congested output port, but to continue sending to the other output ports in the connection. The multicast cells may include a user selected primary route identification...

L'invention concerne un procédé de contrôle de congestion dans un noeud d'un système de transmission asynchrone, dans lequel sont transmis des cellules formant des paquets; elle propose d'accepter ou de rejeter les cellules en fonction du débit (PCR) de la connexion sur laquelle sont transmises les cellules, le débit étant évalué à partir des informations de débit crête négociées avec le système p...

A resealable blister-type package, and method for using the same for storing and transporting a sample collecting device that is used to gather a biological sample, are disclosed. The package includes a tray-like enclosure having two cavities therein, and a resealable cover that covers the openings to the cavities. A sample collecting device, such as a swab, is stored in one of the cavities. The r...

A hopper car is described that is a thin shelled integrated structure having a roof and a pair of sidewalls. This structure is subject to longitudinal tensile and compressive loads, and to a partial internal vacuum during unloading. Local buckling phenomena and collapse due to the partial vacuum need to be resisted. The roof assembly has lateral stiffeners to maintain its profile, and a reinforced...

The invention relates to a method for transmitting multimedia messages to a wireless terminal (MS 1 ) in a data transmission system which comprises at least one mobile communication network (HPLMN) and at least one multimedia message server (MMSV). In the method, each wireless terminal (MS 1 ) connected to the mobile communication network (HPLMN), is allocated an address specifying said wireless t...

An essentially rectangular board (100) is provided with fasteners (140, 150) on each side of the board at both short ends (120, 125), so that one short end can be releasably secured to a short end of an adjacent board. The fasteners comprise holes (150) located in one short end and male profiles (140) with matching cross-sections in the other short end, both fasteners acting as corner supports for...

Wires or bands are cut using two horizontally positioned, spring-loaded knives (6, 7) arranged at an angle of 90degrees to each other and designed to be released against the bale after it has been lifted into the cutting position. The machine comprises a device for delivering bales to a wire or band cutting device, a lifting device (5) for raising the bales into the cutting position, and a remova...

Certain customer information is stored as a customer component with a unique identity, and a coupling device is used to form an interface between this component and the remaining databases in order to communicate customer information to the contents of other databases. COMPUTING AND CONTROL - The remaining databases are service, product, salary or invoice databases. The customer component contains...

Geographic position information is sent to a cell in the network and a notification is issued to the mobile phone network or the phone itself, giving details of which cell the phone is in. IMAGING AND COMMUNICATION - Notification is sent by in clear text, indicating a geographic name, for display on the mobile phone screen or in a device connected to the phone, or alternatively it can be sent over...

A package substrate 3 has a high frequency transmission line, which is formed by a high frequency circuit layer 8 formed on the surface, a grounding layer 10b formed thereunder and a dielectric ceramic intervening between the layers 8 and 10b, and also has a plurality of MMICs 14. A lid 18 as a shielding member which electromangetically shields the high frequency transmission line and the MMICs 14...

For receiving clear image data of symbols applied to the front surface or back surface of an article that is moved by, for example, a conveyor and for which the reading distance is constantly changing, a symbol reading device is provided with an image data input focus point control section that outputs position data of the article from a front surface/back surface position detector to an image dat...

The invention relates to a method for sulphur regeneration of a NOx adsorbing exhaust catalyst (18) by means of raising of its temperature, wherein the exhaust catalyst (18) is installed in an exhaust system (16, 17) which is connected to a combustion engine (1), which method comprises generation of an air/fuel mixture to the respective cylinder (3) of the engine (1). The invention is characterize...