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A firearm has a body with a bolt assembly reciprocating within the body. A barrel having a bore extends from the body. A gas block with an elongated chamber is connected to the barrel, and a gas passage connects the barrel bore to the gas block chamber. An operating rod has a forward end portion closely received in the gas block chamber and a rear end positioned to operably engage the bolt assembly. The gas block chamber has a forward portion closely receiving the forward end portion of the rod, and the gas block chamber has a rear portion with a profile larger than the forward portion. The forward portion of the rod may be a cylinder, and the rear portion of the gas block chamber may be fluted to provide clearance for flushing out contaminants. The rod may rotate freely to prevent accumulation of contaminants.

An anchoring arrangement is provided for anchoring a dental prosthesis to a patient. The arrangement can comprise an implant, a sleeve, and a fastening screw. The implant can comprise a coronal portion and an apical portion. The apical portion can be configured to extend from within a jaw bone and into a zygoma. The coronal portion can include a substantially planar surface extending transversely relative to a longitudinal axis of the apical portion and a threaded aperture. The threaded aperture can extend from the substantially planar surface into the implant transversely relative to the longitudinal axis of the apical end of the implant. The sleeve can comprise an end portion configured to mate with the substantially planar surface of the implant. The fastening screw can be disposed through the sleeve and fastened to the threaded aperture.

The present invention generally relates to the reduction of the harmful effects of orally or transdermally delivered nicotine in conventional tobacco-use cessation programs. More specifically, embodiments concern methods of reducing the harmful effects of nicotine intake, associated with conventional tobacco-use cessation programs, by providing tobacco products, which contain a reduced amount of nicotine and/or tobacco specific nitrosamines (TSNAs).

This invention relates to compounds and their use in oral hygiene compositions as anti-stain, anti-calculus, anti-bacterial, and anti-malodor agents. These agents are characterized by having two basic building blocks, one with the ability to strongly bind to the tooth surface by containing a functional group that allows the molecule to adsorb to the surface of teeth, the other by having a number of chemical moieties that are capable of binding strongly to water, preferably, to at least two water molecules.

A turbo-molecular pump comprises: a rotor; stationary blades; a stator; a plurality of spacers; a heater disposed on the base; a temperature sensor for detecting a temperature of the stator; and a temperature regulation section for on/off controlling the heater based on a temperature detected by the temperature sensor to regulate the temperature of the stator so as to be a reaction product accumulation prevention temperature. At least one spacer arranged on a base side of the plurality of spacers is cooled by coolant, and the turbo-molecular pump further comprises a heat insulation member disposed between the base and the spacer arranged on the base.

A retractable awning for use on mobile homes, recreational vehicles or the like having slide-out units as a part thereof includes an awning sheet that is secured along an inner edge to the side of the mobile home with the opposite edge being secured to a torsionally biased roll bar rotatably disposed on the outer ends of support arms pivotally mounted to the outer face of the slide-out unit. A flexible tie-down strap secures the awning in an extended position with the support arms projecting substantially horizontally away from the outer wall, and upon release of the tie-down strap, the awning automatically retracts to a position immediately adjacent to the outer wall of the slide-out unit. The awning sheet always overlies the top wall of the slide-out unit when the slide-out unit is extended and regardless of whether or not the awning is extended or retracted.

Versatile Sorting Cart is a unit comprised of (sections, shelves, bins, lids, drawer, tub, and handles) that facilitates performing multiple tasks concurrently, whereby it as a whole or representative parts comprise an environmentally adaptable sorting work activity center to collect, mark or code, deposit, extract, organize, track, store, exhibit, reuse, secure, recycle and transport select cargo in interior, exterior, transit, recreational, work, home, and other environments.

A snow brake anchoring system for an inclined roof having a plurality generally T-shaped standing seams that extend upwardly from the inclined roof surface, the snow brake anchoring system having a two-part anchor body defining a width adjustable elongated and generally rectilinear channel. The first half of the body caring an elongated convexly shaped rotation protuberance on an interior surface, and the second half of the body defines an elongated concavely shaped notch on an interior surface, and the rotation protuberance is at least partially carried within the concavely shaped notch allowing the two body halves to move relative to one another to adjust the width dimension of the elongated generally rectilinear channel. Gripping protuberances are carried at a bottom portion of each edge of the channel to frictionally engage with the T-shaped standing seam, and a plurality of fasteners releasably interconnect the body halves to one another.

A producing method of a wired circuit board includes preparing a metal supporting board, forming a metal foil on the metal supporting board, forming an insulating layer on the metal foil to expose an unneeded portion of the metal foil, etching the unneeded portion using the insulating layer as an etching resist, and forming a plurality of wires on the insulating layer.

A roof batten for use in spacing tiles or similar exterior roofing members from a roof overlayment is provided. In one embodiment, the batten includes at least one layer of a corrugated plastic material with a pair of generally planar plies and a convoluted ply cooperating with the planar plies to define a multiplicity of passages. The passages allow drainage of water infiltrating the tiles and further promote drying.

REEXAMINATION RESULTS

The questions raised in reexamination request no. 90/007,487, filed Mar. 19, 2004 have been considered and the results thereof are reflected in this reissue patent which constitutes the reexamination certificate required by 35 U. S. C. 307 as provided in 37 CFR 1.570(e), for ex parte reexaminations, or the reexamination certificate required by 35 U. S. C. 316 as provided in 37 CFR 1.997(e) for inter partes reexaminations.

An ion-removing apparatus includes a housing, a first ion-removing unit and a second ion-removing unit. The housing includes an inlet port, a liquid discharge port and a gas discharge port. The first ion-removing unit is disposed within the housing, so that the fluid that has entered the housing via the inlet port flows through the first ion-removing unit. The first ion-removing unit serves to remove a first ion, such anions, contained in the fluid. The second ion-removing unit is disposed within the housing, so that the fluid that has flown though the first ion-removing unit flows through the first ion-removing unit. The second ion-removing unit serves to remove a second ion, such as cations contained in the fluid. The liquid contained in the fluid that has flown through the second ion-removing unit is discharged from the liquid discharge port. The gas contained in the fluid that has flown through the second ion-removing unit is discharged from the gas discharge port.

An engine start device having a first start mode in which the engine is started on a spot by executing a start operation of the engine, and a second start mode in which a necessary accumulated force is previously accumulated in to start in one time in an optional place at an optional timing. In the first start mode, an accumulated force, accumulated by a rotation of a rotation drive section allows the engine to be started on the spot. If switched to the second start mode, the rotation of the rotation drive section is exclusively accumulated and released in the optional place at a desired time so as to start the engine in accordance with a one-touch operation.

The invention relates to the field of medical instrument cleaning, in particular to a medical instrument cleaning and drying device. The medical instrument cleaning and drying device comprises a cleaning outer frame, a cleaning roller, a stirring mechanism, a lifting door mechanism, a door sheet locking mechanism, a drying device, a power transmission mechanism, a cleaning fluid containing mechanism and a cleaning fluid stirring mechanism, wherein medical instruments are washed through the cleaning outer frame and the cleaning liquid containing mechanism, picking and placing of the medical instruments are controlled through the lifting door mechanism, the position of the lifting door mechanism is controlled through the door sheet locking mechanism, and the medical instruments are stirred through the cleaning roller, the stirring mechanism and the power transmission mechanism, so that the medical instruments are washed comprehensively, and the medical instruments are dried through the drying device. According to the medical instrument cleaning and drying device, the medical instruments can be cleaned and dried, carrying is not needed, use is convenient, manpower and material resources are saved, and the cleaning efficiency is high.

A shaft seal assembly for use with a reciprocating or rotating shaft includes a shaft seal, a lubricant-storing ring, and a retainer. The retainer and ring can be formed as a subassembly and then combined with a shaft seal. The assembly provides a lubricated shaft and seal that improves the effective life of the shaft seal.

The present invention provides a class of porphyrins and metal chelated porphyrins for use as inhibitors of heme iron uptake. The porphyrin/metal chelated porphyrin molecules of the invention are tetra-positively charged porphyrins based on meso-tetra(4-pyridyl)porphines. Several such agents are shown herein to cause inhibition of iron uptake in vivo and in vitro. The invention further provides therapeutic compositions including the porphyrins and/or metalloporphyrins of the invention. In addition, methods of inhibition of heme iron uptake in vivo are taught, as well as methods of treatment of diseases characterized by iron-overload. These methods include the administration of a porphyrin or metalloporphyrin in a therapeutic composition of the invention to prevent uptake of heme iron, thus preventing replenishment of a patient's iron stores.

A locking mechanism for a seat belt has a case, a locking set and a sensor. The case is mounted adjacent to a side of a retractor having a shaft and the case is mounted around the shaft and has a flat support inside the case and at least one opening being formed on the bottom. The flat support has at least one hole formed therethrough. The locking set is mounted on the shaft. The sensor has a steel ball and a rod. The steel ball is detachably disposed on the flat support and the rod is pivotally mounted in the case and is disposed on the steel ball. If muddy water, sand or dirt enters the locking mechanism, muddy water, sand or dirt can fall through the at least one hole of the flat support and the at least one opening thus avoiding muddy water, sand or dirt affecting the locking mechanism.

The invention discloses a multi-wire system thermocouple. The multi-wire system thermocouple comprises a plurality of positive thermal electrodes and a plurality of negative thermal electrodes, wherein one of the positive thermal electrodes and one of the negative thermal electrodes work in pairs, and one of the other positive thermal electrodes or the other negative thermal electrodes is selected to be grounded, and the rest of thermal electrodes are suspended; one end of each of the positive thermal electrodes and the negative thermal electrodes is connected together; and the thermocouple also comprises a shock absorber and a discharge comb which sleeve a thermocouple temperature measuring rod. According to the multi-wire system thermocouple of the invention, based on timely discharge and charge transfer, charges can be prevented from being accumulated the temperature measuring component to the greatest extent, and at the same time, charge generation quantity can be decreased from the source, and the interference of interference charges on temperature measuring potential can be eliminated from a plurality of channels.

In an image forming apparatus in which positioned below a development unit for accommodating a toner is an exposure unit that writes to a photosensitive drum by exposing an electrostatic latent image, an aperture portion on an upper surface of an exposure unit case positioned in an optical path of light from the exposure unit is provided so as to not become an impediment to the optical path of the light and a glass plate is inclined and provided on the aperture portion. An inclination angle of the glass plate is set to an angle inclined 40° with respect to a horizontal line so as to be greater than a repose angle of the toner when the toner has poor fluidity under a condition of high temperature and high humidity.

The invention provides a preparation method of low-salt fermented bean curd, and belongs to the technical field of food processing. The preparation method comprises following steps: raw material pretreatment, pulp grinding, pulp cooking, soy cheese pehtze preparation, inoculation and fermentation, pressing of hypha and salting, and later fermentation. The preparation method is capable of reducingsalt using amount in the step of salting, and vacuum salting is adopted, so that on one hand, penetration of salt is promoted, and on the other hand, increasing of bacteria and corruption deterioration caused by low salt content are avoided. According to the preparation method, mucor and rhizopus oligosporus are mixed for starter propagation, and the two mould systems are relatively stable; an anti-oxidant is added in later fermentation. The obtained low-salt fermented bean curd is low in salt content, the whole taste of the low-salt fermented bean curd is not influenced, formation of white spots is reduced, and fermented bean curd taste is improved.

The invention relates to celeste blue glaze and a preparation method thereof. The celeste blue glaze is prepared from, by mass, 48-51 parts of melilite, 14-16 parts of drug, 14-16 parts of calcite, 11-13 parts of quartz, 5-8 parts of talc and 0.4-0.6 part of bone ash; the preparation method for the celeste blue glaze comprises the following steps that S1, the raw materials are weighed according tothe matching ratio, water is added into a ball grinder for grinding the raw materials, after grinding, the ground raw materials are sieved by a sieve, and glaze paste is obtained; S2, blank bodies are manually soaked in the glaze paste; S3, the blank bodies are placed in a kiln for firing and heated for 3 h at the 300 DEG C/h speed under an oxidizing atmosphere to 900 DEG C, after the temperatureis kept for 3 h, the heating speed is controlled to be 55 DEG C/h, the temperature reaches 1020 DEG C, after the temperature is kept for 2 h, the heating speed is controlled to be 110 DEG C/h, undera reducing atmosphere, the blank bodies are heated to 1240 DEG C, after the temperature is kept for 0.5 h, the blank bodies are cooled naturally, and the celeste blue glaze is obtained; by adopting the formula and the preparation method, the fired jun porcelain glaze color is bright and smooth, and the glaze is bright, high in artistic value, wear-resisting, solid and durable; the optical propertyof the melilite is sage green, yellow and brownness, and a thin melilite piece is colorless.

The invention relates to a cutting tube, concretely a cutting tube of a strip matter (11) for the tobacco industry. The tube has a an inlet side (8) and a discharge side (9) arranged opposite to the inlet side (8). A groove (10) with the strip matter (11) is opened for radial alternative overlaping and releasing of the strip matter (11) and provided with a first passage gap (15) and a second passage gap (16) and allows the operation without frequent maintenance and ensures the visul cutting quality by the following ways: namely the heat end (20) of the second passage gap (16) and/or the head end (18) of the first passage gap (15) comprises the passage cross-section extending towards the discharge side (9).

To provide a combined oil control ring comprising a pair of upper and lower side rails and an axially corrugated spacer expander having upper and lower portions for automobile engines, which is capable of keeping an excellent oil-controlling function without sticking between a spacer expander and side rails even in a long period of engine operation, the upper and lower portions of the spacer expander have tabs pushing inner peripheral surfaces of the side rails, projections supporting the side rails, and intermediate portions between the tabs and the projections; and each intermediate portion opposing the side rail has a center-raised bottom having a center-raised shape when viewed along a substantially circumferential direction center-raised shape and a radial direction.

An in vivo intracellular reprogramming method for both somatic and stem cell pools in the mammal's body using, C60 fullerenes can be added to enhance mitochondrial ATP production and Biogenesis, Metformin, Everolimus, Seligilene, Danasitab, Venetoclaxalong with Quercitin may act as agent to enhance autophagy and apoptosis helping to decrease their ongoing formation and a novel resveratrol complex along ribonucleasies worth together to help decrease heterchromation dysregulation aid in DNA repair enhancement and nutraceuticals is disclosed. The present in vivo reprogramming invention works at the epigenetic level and promotor region of the genome inside the nucleus of the cell, and other intracellular organelles, rather than outside the body. The key genetic activity changes that the invention reverses have now been found responsible for causing aging in adult stem cells and somatic cells, the combination of the above compounds have been shown to cause improved and corrected epigenetic changes or reprogramming in vivo in gene expression to induce the necessary genetic changes to improve cellular aging and epigenetic IC changes responsible for the changes and therefore effect total body and cellular health from the organ and tissue level on upward. The key to and extended to a long and healthy life is keeping your somatic cells health and maintaining a pool of stem cells can be called on for acute situations like healing form surgery or trauma or an immune boast to frequent infection.

An atomizer and an electronic cigarette with an atomizer are disclosed. The atomizer includes an atomizer body, in which the atomizer body includes a shell, a suction nozzle assembly mounted at the top of the shell, a liquid chamber and an atomization core disposed in the shell. An electronic cigarette with the atomizer is disclosed as well. The electronic cigarette can prevent liquid accumulation caused by long-time static placement and various misoperations. Furthermore, cigarette liquid does not leak during injection. The components of the atomizer such as the suction nozzle or the base do not need to be disassembled, so that the cigarette liquid is convenient to inject, and the user experience is good.

Provides is a food having an increased effect of inhibiting accumulation of polychlorinated biphenyls in a living body contains a carbonaceous material that has a pore structure capable of exhibiting adsorbability and to which calcium is bound. The carbonaceous material used herein usually has an average pore diameter of 0.70 to 0.90 nm and a specific surface area of 950 to 1,600 m²/g. The food can adsorb dioxins inclusive of polychlorinated biphenyls that are contained in the food or accumulated in the living body by the carbonaceous material. The carbonaceous material contained in the food, after being taken in, can be excreted from the living body together with the excrement.

An image formation apparatus that comprises: a plurality of laser diodes that form color-component images that correspond to a plurality of color components onto a plurality of corresponding photosensitive drums respectively; and a transfer belt onto which the color-component images that are formed on the respective photosensitive drums are transferred; and adjusts the image formation timing based on the positions of the color-component images that are transferred to the transfer belt; and when adjusting the image formation timing, the respective laser diodes form color-component images at formation intervals that correspond to an integral multiple of the period of a periodic noise. Adjustment of the image formation timing is performed at high precision.

Embodiments described herein include a germ-free metallic container apparatus including an elliptical surface rim with a protruding horizontal edge and vertical boundary defining a first perimeter. The stainless-steel apparatus includes a first uniformly thick sidewall section and closed base portion at the second end which further defines a second perimeter. The base portion includes a second uniformly thick diameter which lowers the center of gravity and provides stability to the container in the upright position. The inside and outside surface is polished preventing the accumulation of bacteria and contaminants regularly found along the uneven edges within traditional beverage containers.

The present invention relates to an inlet screen adapted to be arranged at the water inlet (8) of a hydropower plant and comprises a plurality of elongated bars (20), said bars (20) being separated by a distance holding means, each elongated bar (20) having in its elongation a proximal portion and a distal portion, and an upstream region and a downstream region, said upstream and downstream regions being at an angle in relation to said proximal and distal portions, at least one of said bars (20) defining a space (36; 36a) extending along at least a portion of the elongation of said bar (20), said bar (20) being provided with an electric heating means (31). In accordance with the invention, said elongated bar has an elongated intermediate portion (38a), said space (36; 36a) being defined in either of the upstream region (35a) and the downstream region (35b), said intermediate portion (38a) extending along the elongation of the bar (20) between the upstream region (35a) and the downstream region (35b), said electric heating means (31) comprising at least one electric heating member (37) being introduced into said space (36; 36a).

The invention provides a multi-stage treatment device for building waste and a using method. The multi-stage treatment device for the building waste comprises a tank body, two crushing rollers, two first motors, an annular groove and a guide ring, wherein the two crushing rollers are rotationally installed in the tank body and are meshed with each other; the two first motors are fixedly installed on the same side of the tank body, and output shafts of the two first motors are fixedly connected with output shafts of the two crushing rollers correspondingly; the annular groove is formed in the inner wall of the tank body; and the guide ring is rotationally installed in the annular groove, and the inner ring of the guide ring is located in the tank body and is located below the two crushing rollers. The multi-stage treatment device for the building waste and the using method have the advantages that bamboo and wood can be crushed, meanwhile, iron nails in the bamboo and wood can be screened, moreover, the bamboo and wood can be dried, and the recovery difficulty can be reduced.

The invention discloses an intelligent computer external wire arrangement device, and relates to the technical field of wire arrangement equipment, and the device comprises a wire arrangement core which is preset on a computer external wire; the shell is coaxially and rotatably arranged on the outer wall of the wire arrangement core; the wire arrangement assembly is coaxially arranged between the wire arrangement core and the shell; in addition, the external wire in the wire arrangement assembly can be rapidly detached, and maintenance is facilitated. According to the invention, external wires, such as a power line and a network connection line, which are not liable to fail are installed in the wire arrangement core, and external wires, such as a signal line and a data transmission line, which need to be maintained frequently are installed in the wire arrangement assembly, so that daily maintenance is facilitated, and the wire arrangement orderliness is improved.