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The present invention relates to a grill cleaning tool that is comprised of a handle portion and a cleaning head portion with a removable brush head and scraper blade. The handle has a rubber grip and a hanger eye for storage when the tool is not in use. The cleaning head portion is wedge shaped to keep the cleaning head up and away from the flame. A brush head is attached vertically to the bottom of the cleaning head by a series of split snaps. Attaching the brush head vertically allows for added strength during the forward and backward motion during cleaning. A scraper blade is attached horizontally to the front of the cleaning head. Both the brush head and the scraper blade could be manufactured in a variety of sizes to accommodate any type of grill.

A method for capturing CO2 from the ambient air by the use of solid tethered amine adsorbents, where the amine adsorbents are tethered to a substrate selected from the group of silica, metal oxides and polymer resins. The tethered amines are joined to the substrate by covalent bonding, achieved either by the ring-opening polymerization of aziridine on porous and non-porous supports, or by the reaction of mono-, di-, or tri-aminosilanes, with silica or a metal oxide having hydroxyl surface groups. The method includes the adsorption of CO2 from ambient air, the regeneration of the adsorbent at elevated temperatures not above 120° C. and the separation of purified CO2, followed by recycling of the regenerated tethered adsorbent for further adsorption of CO2 from the ambient atmosphere.

Disclosed is providing one of a plurality of schedulers for a multitasking system for a processor that includes choosing a particular one of the schedulers, setting a program counter to an address corresponding to code of the particular one of the schedulers, and the processor executing code at an address corresponding to the program counter. Also included may be setting a stack pointer to an address corresponding to stack space for the particular one of the schedulers and the processor using the stack space at the stack pointer after executing code at the address corresponding to the program counter. The system described herein provides a small kernel that can run on a variety of hardware platforms, such as a PowerPC based Symmetrix adapter board used in a Symmetrix data storage device provided by EMC Corporation of Hopkinton, Ma. The core kernel code may be written for the general target platform, such as the PowerPC architecture. Since the PowerPC implementation specific modules are well defined, the system may be quite portable between PowerPC processors (such as the 8260 and 750), and should prove relatively easy to port to any PowerPC based Symmetrix adapter board / CPU combination. The kernel may also be ported to run on other RISC machines (Hitachi SH series) and can be ported to CISC architectures.

In a method of entering text into an electronic communications device by means of a keypad having a number of keys, each key representing a plurality of letters and / or phonetic symbols, entered text is displayed on a display on the device. Possible phonetic syllables corresponding to an activated key sequence are generated. These are compared with a stored vocabulary comprising syllables and corresponding characters occurring in a given language. Those stored syllables and corresponding characters that match the possible syllables are pre-selected; and a number of these are presented in a separate first graphical object arranged predominantly on the display. Characters corresponding to one of the syllables in the first object are simultaneously presented in a second graphical object. Thus, there is provided a way of entering text with characters having a phonetic representation by means of keys representing a plurality of letters or phonetic symbols, which may be easier to use even in the case where a phonetic syllable corresponds to several characters.

A power-assisted bicycle includes a torque detection mechanism system that is simple in structure, saves space, and is lightweight. A one-way clutch (72) for transmitting only rotation of the drive shaft (4) to the sprocket (70) in the direction in which the bicycle proceeds is disposed inside a hollow cylindrical portion (82) of the sprocket (70). On the sprocket face opposite thereto, a bearing (74) is engaged with an outer periphery of the cylindrical portion (82), and an elastic disc spring (76) holds the sprocket (70) with the aid of the bearing. The disc spring (76) is fixed to the bicycle body and a strain gauge (80) for detecting a stress deformation of the disc spring (76) is mounted on the surface thereof. As the drive shaft (4) is rotated by the aid of the pedaling torque, the one-way clutch (72) exerts an axially pressing force onto the sprocket (70) to deform the disc spring (76), and the strain gauge (80) detects the stress deformation of the disc spring (76) (that is, a physical parameter associated with the pedaling torque).

A remotely configurable wireless intercom system and method for an establishment having a staff. A base station is connectable to a wide area communication network. A plurality of headsets are in two-way wireless communication with the base station. Wireless communication between each of the plurality of headsets and the base station are configurable with at least one parameter being adjustable by the staff of the establishment. The parameter is remotely reviewable and being remotely adjustable via the wide area communication network. Also disclosed is a method of providing a remotely configurable wireless intercom system. Wireless communication is configured between each of the plurality of headsets and the base station with at least one parameter being adjustable by the staff of the establishment. The parameter is remotely reviewed and adjusted via the wide area communication network. A parameter is reviewable and may be remotely reset via the wide area communication network, particularly if a fault condition exists.

A one-step method of making a necked-bonded laminate, wherein the layers of the laminate are formed and laminated within the same process. The method includes forming a nonwoven web, necking the nonwoven web, and immediately feeding the nonwoven web into a laminator where an elastomeric film is laminated to the nonwoven web. The elastomeric film may also be formed during the process prior to being fed into the laminator. Additionally, more than one nonwoven web may be formed and laminated to the elastomeric film during the process. The invention further includes apparatus for carrying out the one-step method.

The invention relates to an electromechanical wheel brake device, having a screw link actuator, which is supported in a floating caliper. The screw link actuator can be driven by an electric motor, and can press a frictional brake lining against one side of a brake disc and can press a second frictional brake lining against another side of the brake disc by means of a reaction force by way of the floating caliper. In order to permit a release of the wheel brake device in the event of a malfunction, brake device embodies the screw link actuator as selflocking-free, supporting a spindle nut and a threaded spindle in rotary fashion, and securing the threaded spindle against rotation by means of a releasable rotation prevention device. The threaded spindle is connected in a rotationally secured and axially mobile fashion by means of a positive engagement. In the event of a malfunction, the rotation prevention device is released and the frictional brake lining, which is pressed with force against the brake disc, presses the threaded spindle away from the brake disc, wherein the threaded spindle is set into rotation and moves away from the brake disc.

The invention relates to a device and method for monitoring physical activity of a person. The device comprises an acceleration sensor for providing acceleration data corresponding to movements of the person, a memory unit capable of storing an activity index value describing cumulative physical activity of the person, and data processing unit capable of being operated in at least a first activity monitoring mode in which the data processing unit is adapted to update the activity index value based on the acceleration data. In addition, the processing unit is, in the first activity monitoring mode, configured to determine if, and to update the activity index value only if, the acceleration data corresponds to walking- and / or running-related movements of the person. The invention allows for robust monitoring of activities that have an impact on fitness and health of individuals and reduce the risk of incorrect activity recordings.

The present invention describes a method for encouraging the production and use of electricity from renewable energy sources. A clearing house is established for facilitating various agreements and contracts between green power generators, electricity utilities and electricity end users. A computer model would be employed to help produce fixed costs or essentially fixed costs contracts between the green power generators, the electricity utilities and the electricity end users. Additionally, renewable energy certificates can be bought and sold to either maximize profits or reduce the costs of the electricity.

A prism-like frame for mounting telecom equipment made of a prism-like skeleton, which in turn is made of at least three vertical members coupled with at least six horizontal members, and at least one open panel connected to at least one lateral side of the skeleton, wherein the panel includes at least two horizontal members arranged apart from each other and away from the bottom and top of the skeleton.

A water-guiding household appliance, in particular, a washing machine, connected to a first water supply line for cold water and to a second water supply line for hot water has the water supply lines connected to a mixer tap enabling water to flow into a suds container through a supply line. The mixer tap is integrated into a regulating device used to regulate the temperature of the water flowing into the suds container.

This invention is a greatly simplified device for transforming the energy of water waves into useable energy. The invention is a device for transforming the energy of water waves into useable energy comprising two or more buoys or buoys, and structural members connecting buoys, whereby motions of buoys relative to one another generates torque, and a means for transferring torque to one or more generators, and a means by which to enable all generator currents to flow in a single beneficial direction. Novel systems for interconnecting such devices are also described herein.

An apparatus in a spinning room for providing at least one fiber sliver package to a sliver-fed machine having at least one feed position. The apparatus comprises a transport arrangement for transporting one or more fiber sliver packages from an upstream sliver-delivering machine or a storage station to a sliver-fed machine. The transport arrangement is arranged to supply at least one fiber sliver package to a feed position and the fiber sliver package(s) can be stably positioned at the feed position.

The invention relates to a device and a method for feeding a propulsion chamber 5 of a rocket engine 1 with at least with a first propellant. The device comprises at least a first tank 2 for containing said first propellant, a first feed circuit 4 connected to the first tank 2, and a first electric pump 10 within said first tank 2 in order to pump said first propellant through the first feed circuit 4. In the method, the first propellant is pumped through the first feed circuit 4 from the first tank 2 by at least said first electric pump 10 that is immersed in the first propellant within the first tank 2.

A rolling head for rolling pipe threads includes at least two rolling wheels and a rolling wheel seat for positioning the rolling wheels, in which the rolling wheel includes a rolling wheel body and a rolling wheel axle, the rolling wheel body includes a rolling wheel pipe thread forming portion, an axial movement space is present in a direction along the rolling wheel axle of the rolling wheel relative to the rolling wheel seat, an axial distance of the axial movement space is 0.5 thread pitch to 1 thread pitch of a corresponding thread of the rolling wheel pipe thread forming portion.

The connector has a base with hooked side boards for joining a top cap. A partition board is placed between the side boards so as to form two slots for housing two metallic plates and two supporting pieces with slant top faces. The metallic plates have two upwardly extended conducting pins. Wires of exposed cores are placed on the supporting pieces. When the top cap is joined to the base, the wires are tightly locked by the top cap and the partition board while the conducting pins firmly contact with the cores. The connector can be quickly configured on a string of lamps and can be conveniently used to cascade multiple strings of lamps.

The invention relates to a flexible joint with bellows for coupling two tubular elements together for passing fluid in a flow space and presenting a main axis that is constituted by the axis common to the tubular elements when they are in their aligned position, and including at least one flexible joint element functionally connected to a first tubular element and to a casing, together with a coupling bellows coupling together the two tubular elements, the coupling bellows, the flexible joint element, and the casing defining walls of a fluid-filled cavity. The joint including a flexible pressure-compensation device spaced apart from the bellows and having a first face forming at least part of a wall of said cavity and a second face that is in communication with the flow space.

The present invention relates to a molecular press dehydrating agents for vegetative tissues comprising starch hydrolysates or their derivatives. Preferably, the starch hydrolysates of the present invention may be maltodextrin specifically, and the derivatives of starch hydrolysates may be a modified starch, main component of which is starch sodium octenyl succinate. The molecular press dehydrating agents of the present invention may comprise sodium caseinate of low molecular weight additionally. The molecular press dehydrating agents of the present invention can cause cytorrhysis phenomenon and dehydrate plant tissues by mixing them together. While the molecular press dehydrating agents of the present invention show superior dehydration and drying effect in a similar level to existing dehydrating agents, there are no limitations for food use in legal, social and economical aspect, and it can be supplied in large quantities. Therefore, the dehydrated tissues and exudates obtained by using the dehydrating agents of the present invention may be usefully applied to various fields of manufacture such as foods and beverages, feeds, beauty materials, medicines, flavorings, agricultural chemicals, coloring agents, etc.

Provided are an apparatus and method for generating a key. The apparatus includes: an input analyzer configured to identify a plurality of symbols from user identity (ID) information, and to derive at least one permutation from the plurality of symbols; and a key generator configured to obtain a plurality of pre-calculated keys including a plurality of first pre-calculated keys and at least one second pre-calculated key, and to generate, from the plurality of pre-calculated keys, a cryptographic key corresponding to the user ID information, the plurality of first pre-calculated keys respectively corresponding to the plurality of symbols, the at least one second pre-calculated key respectively corresponding to the at least one permutation.

A laminating unit for laminating sheet material to at least one film has a housing that comprises a front side and a back side. A feedthrough conduit extends between the front and back sides and has an insertion opening for the introduction of sheet material and film(s) and an exit opening for ejection of the laminated combination of sheet material and films(s). A laminating device for laminating the sheet material and for transporting the combination of sheet material and film(s) to the exit opening during lamination is provided in the housing. The insertion opening is located on the back side of the housing and the exit opening on the front side.

The invention belongs to the technical field of cell culture and in particular relates to a method for culturing human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells. Aiming at the problems that conventional separated human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells have residual bovine serum, bovine-derived and swine-derived viruses, and the like, the invention provides the method for culturing the human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells. The method comprises the following steps: a, carrying out primary culture on human umbilical cord tissue with a serum-free medium till a P0 generation; b, carrying out subculture on cells of the P0 generation till a P2 generation in a culture dish; c, carrying out amplification culture on cells of the P2 generation till a fifth generation in a spinner bottle, thereby obtaining human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells after multiplication culture. By adopting the method provided by the invention, a serum-free culture mode is carried out in the whole process,artificially prepared cell factors and chemotactic factors are added, and the culture medium is low in sensitization and small in potential hazard factor; due to adoption of amplification culture inthe spinner bottle, the method has the advantages of rapid multiplication, short cycle, low cost, considerable multiplication cell number, and the like, thereby having wide clinical application prospects.

Disclosed is a composite edible oil and the manufacturing method thereof. The ingredients of the composite edible oil include peanuts, hempseeds, black sesame, pumpkinseeds, walnuts, linseeds, perilla seeds, and rosemary to maintain the freshness of the composite edible oil. The ratio of the monounsaturated fatty acid to the polyunsaturated fatty acid in the oil is around 1:1, and the ratio of ω-6 to ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid is around 4:1. Under the condition that the reference daily intake of composite edible oil should not exceed 20 ml-25 ml, the composite edible oil provides a scientific ratio among ω-3-ω-6 and ω-9 fatty acids for helping human bodies to reach nutritious equilibrium. By using UV degradation, the peroxide value, aflatoxin amount,and acid value contained in the composite edible oil meet the statutory requirements without the need of :fining process. Thus, the posite edible oil preserves beneficial substances, such as vitamin E.

The invention relates to a method for producing melamine by decomposing urea inside a fluidised bed reactor, during which the hot reaction gas is cooled inside a gas cooler, and the obtained heat is directly used for pre-heating the fluidizing gas required for creating the fluidized bed.

Fast Hadamard transforms (FHT) are implemented using a pipelined architecture having an input stage, a processing stage, and an output stage, the FHT having a single internal loop back between the output stage and the input stage, the processing stage having at least one Hadamard processing unit. The FHT implementations provided both forward and inverse transformations, and, lossless normalized and lossfull unnormalized transformations, while the FHT implementation includes only multiplexers, demultiplexer, latches, and shift registers, and while, the processing unit stage includes processing units using only shift registers and effective adders, for fast, low power, and low weight Hadamard transform implementations.