What is disclosed is a portable hunting screen. The hunting screen comprises a frame, camouflage material, and an opening through which a weapon can be fired.

The present invention is directed to a portable and compact camouflage blind used by hunters. An object of the present invention is to provide a hunter with adequate concealment during the fair chase of game whenever camouflage is necessary. The present invention may be utilized in many different ways. It may be used by an archer for concealment. In such an embodiment, it attaches directly to a compound bow used for archery. It is also contemplated that it may be used as a ground blind as a self standing unit in conjunction with a bow, a rifle or a shotgun depending on the particular hunting season.


A horological setting and/or adjustment mechanism, including a setting and/or adjustment module (400) for a horological setting machine (1000), for making a setting and/or adjustment on a horological assembly (1), including an elastic clamp (600) with clamp arms (601) arranged to drive or deform a mobile component or a component of this assembly (1), the clamp (600) including a bearing portion (602) subjected to the action of an actuator, spindle (407), eccentric or push-piece, any deformation of this bearing portion (602) modifying the relative mutual position of the arms (601), and this setting and/or adjustment module (400) includes setting and/or adjustment means which include a plurality of motorised axes which are arranged to move, open and close, in a plane perpendicular to a clamp rotation direction (DF), a said clamp (600).

In watchmaking, some fine settings, particularly the frequency setting of an oscillator, or the rate setting of a watch, are operations subject to little automation, entrusted to highly qualified staff, and which often require several successive basic settings.
Obtaining a high chronometric quality is, thus, a costly operation.
The document DE10107402A1 held by KEOSCHKERJAN RUBEN describes a piezoelectric microgripper with parallel arms, made of glass or monocrystalline silicon.
The document JP H05 293778A held by SEIKO describes a microgripper with a planar flexible structure including connecting necks.
The document EP1433575A1 held by CSEM describes a microgripper which includes an assembly of U-shaped and/or L-shaped structures mounted top-to-tail, with elastic strip links, the actuation control being linear.

Horological setting and/or adjustment mechanism


A sheet processing apparatus which enable users to easily set the cutting amount of sheets according to the intended purpose of use. A folding unit folds the sheets. A cutting unit cuts off ends of the folded sheets. A setting unit sets details of processing of the sheets to be executed at least by the center-folding unit and the cutting unit. The setting unit is capable of selecting a first cutting amount-setting mode in which a cutting amount is set using a cutting width of the at least one end, and a second cutting amount-setting mode in which the cutting amount is set using a sheet size which the sheets should have after being cut. The setting unit sets the cutting amount in a selected one of the first cutting amount-setting mode and the second cutting amount-setting mode, when setting details of processing of the sheets to be executed by the cutting unit.

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a sheet processing apparatus having a cutting function, a sheet processing method, and an image forming system.
2. Description of the Related Art
Conventionally, an image forming system is known which has a post-processing apparatus (sheet processing apparatus) connected to an image forming apparatus, such as a copying machine and a laser printer, thereby having the capability of operating in a bookbinding mode for performing a bookbinding process. In this bookbinding mode, there are carried out a saddle stitching process for stitching sheets at a center thereof, and a folding process for folding sheets at a center thereof.
FIG. 46 is a view of a bundle of sheets subjected to a conventional saddle stitching and center-folding process. In a book-bound sheet bundle, when the number of sheets in the bundle is large or the thickness of each sheet in the bundle is large, the respective positions of opposite ends of folded sheets of the bundle are not aligned between the inner sheets and outer sheets, which degrades the appearance of the finished sheet bundle. As a solution to this, a post-processing apparatus has been proposed which is equipped with a cutting function for cutting off the ragged end of a sheet bundle by a width of several mm using, e.g., a cutter, to thereby align the respective ends of sheets for improvement of the appearance of the finished bundle (see Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication (Kokai) No. 2003-341919).
Further, when cutting is performed, the ragged portions L are cut off (see FIG. 46). Therefore, from the viewpoint of operability, it is a method easy for users to understand to designate a length to be cut off from the ragged side end of a sheet bundle, and hence such a method of setting a cutting amount is conventionally employed (Japanese Patent Publication (Kokai) No. 2004-210509).
However, in the conventional sheet processing apparatus, there remains room to be improved in the following points:
Recently, elongated sizes which are slightly longer than respective predetermined standard sizes come to be used in printers, e.g., of copying machines. When sheets having such an elongated size are used, a margin is secured along the sides of each sheet, and an image having a predetermined size is formed in a central area of the sheet. The sheet having the image formed thereon is subjected to a cutting process for cutting off the margins along the sides of the sheet.
Thus, the user performs the cutting process on a bundle of book-bound sheets having an elongated size, not only for cutting off the ragged portions but also for cutting off the margins along the sides of the sheets.
Therefore, for a user who wants to cut off unwanted portions, such as margins, of sheets, according to the size of images formed on the sheets, there arises the following problems: When designating a cutting length (cutting width) from sheet end, the user is required to grasp the size of recording sheets, and the size of images to be printed thereon in advance, and then set a cutting amount by calculation. This makes an error in setting the cutting amount liable to occur, which degrades the user friendliness.

Sheet processing apparatus, sheet processing method, and image forming system


A differential device for a 4-wheel-drive vehicle wherein a portion of a drive power source drive force transmitted to left and right main drive wheels is transmitted to left and right auxiliary drive wheels through a propeller shaft which is disconnectable from a power transmitting path between the main drive wheels and drive power source, the differential device distributes the drive force from the propeller shaft to the auxiliary drive wheels, and selectively connects and disconnects the propeller and an output shaft to and from each other, the output shaft. The differential device includes a side oil seal between the output shaft and a casing, a side bearing adjacent to the seal in an output shaft axial direction such that the output shaft is rotatably supported by the casing via the bearing, and an oil slinger axially adjacent to the bearing so the slinger is rotated with the output shaft.

There is known a 4-wheel-drive vehicle in which a portion of a drive force to be transmitted from a drive power source to left and right main drive wheels can be transmitted to left and right auxiliary drive wheels through a propeller shaft which is disconnectable from a power transmitting path. A known differential device for such a 4-wheel-drive vehicle, which is configured to distribute the drive force from the propeller shaft to the left and right auxiliary drive wheels, is provided with a connecting/disconnecting mechanism for connecting and disconnecting an input rotary member in the form of a ring gear of the differential device and an output rotary member in the form of an output shaft of the differential device to and from each other. JP-2016-74370A discloses a rear-wheel differential device which is provided with a connecting/disconnecting mechanism in the form of a positive clutch to connect and disconnect the ring gear and the output shaft to and from each other, as needed, according to a running state of the vehicle.

Differential device for 4-wheel-drive vehicle


An article surveillance tag that has a shock absorbing mechanism that prevents unauthorized removal of the tag by the application of a strike force to the tag by a blunt object. In one embodiment, the article surveillance tag is adapted to engage articles that cannot be penetrated by pins.

Various types of electronic article surveillance (EAS) systems are known having the common feature of employing a marker or tag which is affixed to an article to be protected against theft from a controlled area, such as merchandise in a store. When a legitimate purchase of the article is made, the marker can either be removed from the article, or converted from an activated state to a deactivated state. Such systems employ a detection arrangement, commonly placed at all exits of a store, and if an activated marker passes through the detection system, it is detected by the detection system and an alarm is triggered.
Such electronic detection arrangements, as used in the present invention, are well known in the art and are more clearly discussed in co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/410,486, titled "Article Surveillance Tag Having a Metal Clip," filed on Apr. 8, 2003, which is incorporated herein by reference. A discussion of the inventions in the field, known to the inventor, and their differences from the present invention is provided below.
U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,911,534 and 3,974,581 to Henry J. Martens et al. disclose a security tag having the pin contained on a first strip that is hingedly attached to a second strip that has the locking component thereon. The pin of the first strip penetrates the article that is to be secured and is received in the locking component of the second strip such that the article is maintained therebetween. The hinged attachment may lead to the bending of the pin when contacting the locking component because of the predetermined arc that it must travel as a result of the hinged arrangement. Some items of merchandise are solid and cannot be pierced with the attachment pin used by some EAS tags. Lanyards have been developed for these products.
The '534 and '581 patents also disclose a pin soldered to a chain at one end and the other end of the chain riveted to the tag cover. A drawback with existing lanyards is that they may be severed to remove the tag holder from the item of merchandise. Once severed, the tag holder is destroyed and must be replaced. Some existing lanyards are difficult to assemble and require both ends of the lanyard to be held in alignment while the sharp tack of the holder is threaded through the ends of the lanyard.
In addition, the prior art, such as U.S. Pat. No. 5,069,047 to Lynch, discloses pin clutch mechanisms that function by forcing a plurality of balls around the pin member by a resilient means, which balls are disengaged from said pin by the use of a magnet. However, such pin clutch mechanisms are defeated by sharply striking the tag with a tool, such as a hammer, which release the balls from engagement with the pin. The prior art, such as U.S. Pat. No. 5,140,836 to Hogan, discloses a tag that can be attached to articles without piercing the same with a pin. However, such devices may be defeated by simply cutting through the engaging member. Furthermore, because the engaging member is detachable from the tag, it can be misplaced or lost by the user.
The prior art does not address the need for an EAS tag that is difficult to defeat and easy to use. In addition, the prior art fails to provide a theft deterrent tag assembly that can be securely engaged to articles that cannot be penetrated by a pin. Therefore, there remains a long standing and continuing need for an advance in the art of EAS and theft deterrent tags that makes the tags more difficult to defeat, simpler in both design and use, more economical and efficient in their construction and use, and provide a more secure and reliable engagement of the article to be monitored.


In a rotary actuator for positioning a dual gap magnetic head relative to a track on a rotating recording medium, a read gap is positioned in a tunnel margin of a write gap. The tunnel margin defines positioning parameters for the read gap regardless of the skew angle introduced by a rotary actuator. Error due to track misregistration is significantly reduced.

This invention relates to transducing heads used with disc drive storage systems. More particularly, this invention relates to the orientation of the read gap element and the write gap in dual gap magnetic heads used with rotary actuators.
Magnetic disc drive systems have become widely accepted in the computer industry as a cost effective and reliable form of data storage. The advantages of disc drive technology over other means of data storage include an increased data transfer rate and storage capacity.
In a magnetic disc drive storage system, a magnetic disc rotates at a high speed while a magnetic read/write head "flies" over the surface of the rotating disc. As the disc rotates, aerodynamic properties cause the magnetic head to glide on a cushion of air suspended over a surface of the disc. The storage disc carries information on concentric data tracks. Information can be retrieved from the disc surface by moving the magnetic read/write head between data tracks.
In general, there are two types of actuators which are used to position the magnetic head over the disc surface, linear and rotary. A linear actuator moves back and forth linearly in a direction measured from the center of the rotating disc. Rotary actuators require less space than linear actuators, working much like a tone arm on a record player as it positions the magnetic head along an arc over the surface of a magnetic disc. The arcuate path of the rotary actuator arm, however, can introduce a skew angle between the magnetic read/write head and the data track.
A dual gap magnetic head uses a read gap for reading information and a write gap for writing information. Dual gap magnetic heads allow magnetic head designers to optimize performance of the read gap and the write gap. For example, a magnetoresistive head uses a read gap for a magnetoresistive readback element and a write gap for inductively writing magnetically encoded information. Design constraints require that the two gaps be physically separated from each other.
Performance of a dual gap magnetic head can be optimized for a particular data track on a magnetic disc by aligning the write gap with the data track when writing information and aligning the read gap with the data track when reading information. Using a linear actuator, this alignment is not a problem. However, a rotary actuator introduces a skew angle between data tracks and the axis of a dual gap head. For example, a dual gap head having 320 micro inches of separation between the two gaps and a 9.degree. angle skew angle with a data track will have an offset of 50 micro inches.
An actuator controller which determines the position of the actuator can compensate for the skew angle introduced by a rotary actuator. Still, the skew angle significantly contributes to error due to track misregistration. Track misregistration occurs when the skew angle between the data track and the dual gap magnetic head causes the read gap to be positioned such that it is trying to read along a portion of the track where there is no information written. More particularly, when information is written onto a magnetic media disc, the write gap imprints information onto the disc in an area defined by the width of the write gap. A smaller read gap is placed behind the write gap to read information previously written onto the disc. Since the read gap is smaller than the write gap, extra data or disc space is available on both edges of the read gap. As a rotary actuator arm swings from one edge of the magnetic media disc to the other, the skew angle changes. The dynamic skew angle causes the position of the read gap to change relative to the write gap. In some rotary actuator positions, the read gap may actually swing out beyond the write gap. When this occurs, the read gap is attempting to read information in a location where there is no data written onto the magnetic media disc. Alternatively, the read gap may read undesired information from an adjacent data track.

Recording head skewed read gap/write gap positioning


A lens cap for a camera is disclosed, comprising: a reference surface, the reference surface having the capability of being used to calibrate an exposure setting or a white balance setting of a photographic subject; wherein the lens cap is placed in front of a lens of the camera in the lighting conditions of the photographic subject, the reference surface being directed towards the lens; and wherein an intensity of the visible light spectrum being reflected by the reference surface is detected.

Gray cards and other calibration and reference cards and tools are often used in photography to adjust the settings of a camera to compensate for ambient or studio lighting conditions. For example, using a gray card, the photographer places the gray card in the vicinity of the photographic subject, thereafter taking a reading with a light meter (being either stand-alone or integral to the camera), and adjusts the settings such as the shutter speed and aperture size to obtain the proper exposure for that particular lighting condition.
Although the term "gray card" is often used, describing the common color of the card, these reference cards can be created with various colors, such as black, white, or gray, as well as various surface textures and reflective characteristics. Often, the gray colored card, usually 18% gray, is used to determine the proper exposure settings for a given photographic subject lighting condition. A white colored card can be used to adjust the color or white balance. Black and various shades of colors, such as the colors found in the GretagMacbeth ColorChecker Chart can be used for various adjustments, both during the photographic process and during development or digital processing.
These existing cards come in a variety of materials and sizes. They could be made of cloth, cardboard, plastic, and the like, with at least one surface coated with a reference color or material. More often than not, the materials should be matt in finish, to reduce glare. The size of the card could vary, including 8″×10″, 2″×3.5″, and so on.
The common problem with all existing gray cards, is that they are an accessory to the camera, either being attached by a lanyard or carried separately. Photographers, have a need to carry many pieces of equipment beyond the camera itself, including various lenses, film, flash memory, tools, and so on. The gray card is one more item to pack and carry around. Basically, they can be bulky and inconvenient to carry at all times, especially for the photographer that is traveling light.
Some current technologies to calibrate white balance include a filter on a lens cap. The lens cap is left on the lens during the calibration process. The light enters through the filter of the lens cap, being read by an in-lens digital sensor. Instead of relying on reflected light from a gray card near the photographic subject, it relies on filtered light for white balance, allowing through the filter a specific wavelength of visible light.
What is needed and heretofore not provided is a reference surface, such as an 18% gray surface, that is compact. What is also needed is a reference surface that is an integral part of the equipment necessary to photography. Additionally, what is needed is a reference surface that is easy to use and instantly available at all times during the photographic process.

Lens cap with integral reference surface


An authoring or other software tool is provided which allows users of the tool to review the creation and evolution of all or part of a content such as a multimedia title created using a tool incorporating the invention. According to the invention, an authoring tool comprises a recording mechanism for recording actions performed during the development or modification of software content in a manner that preserves, directly or indirectly, the relative chronological order of the actions and a playback mechanism for performing or otherwise simulating recorded actions. Preferably, the playback of an action includes annotation using text, recorded or computer-generated voice, video and/or graphic animation. Preferably, an authoring tool embodying the invention allows an author to specify criteria for which actions are to be played back, thereby providing an author with a mechanism for focusing on a particular subset of the recorded actions.

Multimedia computer software products present sounds, graphic images, animations and movies to their users in an interactive environment. Typically, users can explore and revisit different sections of the multimedia product. Usually, a multimedia product is designed so that as a user advances through the content of the product, the user navigates through information, solves puzzles, demonstrates/tests knowledge, or participates in interactive simulations.
The development of a multimedia product is typically achieved through the joint efforts of skilled artists who produce the sounds, images and animations, and skilled software authors who bind together the art, define the interactive relationships between the multimedia product and the user, and codify the behavior of the simulations and games. A software author's job is typically complex, generally entailing a relatively steep learning curve.
Software authors typically use an authoring tool to create or modify a multimedia product. Rather than requiring an exact text-based syntax as is found in a programming environment such as Apple's MPW or Symantec's Think C, authoring tools generally provide a direct-manipulation interface that allows authors to define the behavior of objects by writing a textual description in a simple scripting language, or by rearranging graphic items in a flowchart, state-machine map, score, or other representation. Examples of authoring tools include HyperCard, Authorware Professional, MacroMedia Director, Visual Basic or Apple Media Toolkit. HyperCard and Apple Media Toolkit are available from Apple Computer, Inc. HyperCard and Apple are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Authorware Professional and MacroMedia Director are available from Macromedia, Inc. (Director and Authorware are registered trademarks of Macromedia, Inc.). Visual Basic is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
Today, an end-user of a multimedia product does not generally have the ability to customize the multimedia product to tailor it to her personal uses. For example, an end-user may desire to modify a multimedia product to focus on or to circumvent particular aspects of the product. A teacher may want to focus the multimedia product on a particular topic being taught in class. Similarly, a parent may want to modify a multimedia product so that it is appropriate for the particular age of their child, circumventing puzzles or simulations which are beyond their child's age/capabilities. Thus, it is desirable to have an authoring tool which permits end-users of multimedia products to tailor the products for their individual uses.
For novice authors creating multimedia products and end-users customizing multimedia products it would be beneficial to have a mechanism for learning how to create and modify multimedia products. For example, a novice author would benefit from learning how other authors tackled the task of creating a multimedia product, while end-users would benefit from information on how the particular multimedia product being tailored was created and how it can be modified.
Today, authoring tools do not generally provide a mechanism whereby authors/end-users can discern the creation or evolution process of multimedia products which are produced using that tool. Some of the authoring environments (e.g. HyperCard) allow end-users to inspect the finished code, but this solution only shows the finished work, not the product's evolution nor the process of creation. Thus, these authoring tools do not provide software authors with a mechanism for learning about the development of a multimedia product in order to increase their knowledge and advance their skills. Nor do they provide end-users of multimedia products with a mechanism for learning how to customize the multimedia products.
Additionally, the multimedia products themselves typically do not provide a mechanism whereby the users of the products can discern information related to how the product was created or how it evolved. Generally, users of multimedia products can only observe the finished product or code and based on that information guess as to how the product was created.
Novice software authors, as well as experienced professionals, would benefit by insight into the creation process of multimedia products developed by other software authors. Thus, it is desirable to have an authoring tool which can be used by software authors to gain insight into the creation of multimedia products created using that tool.
Some software applications such as Excel, available from Microsoft Corporation, provide macro recording tools which can be used for capturing sequences of user input. Typically, after a user activates the macro recording tools, user input is recorded until the macro recording tools are deactivated and the recorded user input is stored in a file, called a "macro". By invoking the macro, a user can repeat the same sequence of user input as was recorded in the macro and the computer will behave as if the user had again inputted the same sequence of input. However, the macro recording tools generally do not provide information, e.g. explanations, about what user inputs are being executed, it just executes them.

This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.

Method and apparatus for storing and replaying creation history of multimedia software or other software content


An audio mixer has separate dry mix, effects returns mix and main mix mixing buses, each mixing bus having a separate mix output. Multiple audio signals are mixed together without effects processing onto a dry mixing bus. Simultaneously, the original audio signals are also mixed together at various levels onto multiple sends mixing buses which are coupled to an effects sends (or output). The mixed audio signals on each of the sends mixing buses are sent to either internal or external effects processors wherein various effects are added to the mixed signals. The processed signals from the effects processors are fed back into the mixer (if external effects processors are used) through an effects return and further mixed together onto an effects mixing bus. Thus, the effects mix bus includes the sum of the processed mixed signals from the sends mixing buses. The dry mix and the effects mix are subsequently mixed onto a main mixing bus to provide a main mix output.

The present invention relates generally to audio mixers and, more particularly, to an audio mixer configuration providing separate dry, return effects and main audio mixes. The dry mix is a sum of individual audio signals without effects processing. The effects returns mix is a sum of effects processed audio signals formed from various mixes of the original audio signals. The main mix is the sum of the dry and effects return mixes.
Typical mixer configurations 10, as shown in FIG. 1, include various input channels 12 which are summed or mixed together onto a main mix bus 14. The audio signals from each input channel are also mixed together and sent to one or more effects sends 16. This signal appearing at the various effects sends 16 are processed by various effects processors whose outputs are fed back into the mixer through effects returns 18 and mixed with the audio signals fed directly onto the mixing bus 14 from the individual inputs 12. In such configurations, the effects returns are mixed onto the mixing bus 14 as if they were individual channel input signals.
In today's live performance musical market, most performers and bands do not own their own PA systems. Instead, these performers rely on rental systems or pre-existing clubhouse systems to supply a majority of their PA needs. Because these performers often use different monitor systems on a daily basis, each monitor mix provides a different and often unfamiliar sound. These differences cause inconsistencies in performances and hamper the performer's ability to sing or play in key. Additionally, performers often prefer monitor feedback with less (or at least different) amounts and types of effects than contained in signals sent to the main system speakers providing sound to the audience. A mixer is needed which provides mixing control for the performer's monitor as well as interfacing with the main mixing system of the clubhouse. This system would provide the main system with the dry and effects mixes separately to provide full audio control of the dry mix as well as having access to the effects mix as desired. Preferably, the total mix of the dry and effects mixes is available to the main system as well. Thus, there is a need for a mixer having a configuration which will interface with industry standard effects processing units, provide quick and easy connection to a wide variety of rental and clubhouse PA systems, send a preprocessed effects submix to the main clubhouse mixing system, separate the dry (no effects) and effects mixes, and provide a combined mix to the main clubhouse system.
Currently, a mixer configuration is not available which provides separate dry and effects mixes in conjunction with the main overall mix. In the absence of such a system, performers are faced with using unfamiliar equipment which lacks the flexibility provided by a system having separate dry, effects and main audio mix outputs.
One possible way the Applicant has discovered to overcome the disadvantages discussed above require at least three conventional audio mixers 22, 24 and 26, as shown in FIG. 2. Various audio signals are fed to the individual inputs 12 of mixer 22. The signals are mixed and sent to the effects sends 16 for external effects processing by one or more external effects processors 30. The output of the effects processor 30 is fed into various inputs 12 of mixer 24. The output of mixer 22 is the dry, unprocessed mix which provides a dry output for external use and input to mixer 26. The output of mixer 24 provides the effects mix output for external use as well as mixing with the dry mix through mixer 26. An overall mix of the dry and effects mixes is provided at the main output 20 of mixer 26. To the best of Applicant's knowledge, such a mixer configuration has not been implemented.
Using additional mixers to provide the dry and effects mix outputs add substantial complexity during setup, installation and operation. Such techniques may degrade performance of the sound system due to increased noise levels injected into the system from the additional hardware, such as mixers, cables and connectors required for operation. The additional hardware also increases the capital cost of the system and the operating cost of the system. Furthermore, additional physical space is required for setup of the additional mixers.
Thus, there remains a need for a mixer providing separate dry, effects and main mixes that is compact, easy to operate and efficient to use.


Various embodiments are disclosed of a method and apparatus for fast communication recovery in wireless mobile devices arranged to perform dual network radio resource management. In one embodiment, a wireless mobile device includes a transceiver configured to communicate with each of first and second networks. After establishing and maintaining a link with the first network, the wireless mobile device may tune a transceiver to the second network to monitor for traffic, subsequently tuning back to the first network. After turning the transceiver back to the first network, the wireless mobile device may perform one or more attempts to restore the link to the first network. The number of attempts to restore the link is dependent upon an amount of time the transceiver is tuned to the second network.

1. Technical Field
This disclosure is directed to wireless telecommunications systems, and more particularly, to user devices capable of communicating with multiple networks.
2. Description of the Related Art
In recent years, wireless devices such as smart phones and tablet computers have become increasingly sophisticated. In addition to supporting telephone calls, many mobile devices now provide access to the internet, email, text messaging, and navigation using the global positioning system (GPS). Furthermore, many mobile devices are capable of operating sophisticated applications, many of which may utilize the functionality mentioned above.
In large part due to their increased functionality, many wireless devices are capable of communicating with multiple networks using a single transceiver. For example, a transceiver of a wireless device may have a communications channel established with a first network (e.g., LTE, or Long Term Evolution, sometimes referred to as 4G), but may from time to time tune away to monitor for communications on a second network (e.g., a CDMA, or code division multiple access network). During the time the transceiver is tuned to the second network, it is unable to receive communications from the first network. When tuned to the second network, the transceiver may lose synchronization with the first network due to missing receiving important signaling messages. This loss of synchronization can prolong the amount of time in which communication and data transfer between the wireless device and the first network, as the re-establishment of synchronization upon tuning back to the first network may consume time. In some cases, the first network may drop the link with the wireless device altogether without the latter being informed.

Fast communication recovery in dual network radio resource management


A circuit structure 10 includes a circuit board 11 for mounting switching devices 13 and bus bars 12 wired into the circuit along the circuit board 11, and the case 20 includes a frame 21 that is disposed and secured in position around a perimeter edge of the circuit board 11 and a cover 24 that is assembled to the frame 21 so as to cover the circuit board 11. The frame 21 contains a second connector housing, and the second connector housing includes an hood 26a for accommodating the second terminals 15 formed at the ends of the bus bars 12. A deformation restricting portion 32 formed on the cover 24 is configured to abut the upper wall portion 26c (the outer face) of the hood 26a, thereby deformation of the hood 26a is restricted.

One example of a conventional electric connection box mounted in an automobile has a structure in which a circuit assembly is accommodated in a case. The circuit assembly includes a circuit board, bus bars wired into the circuit along the reverse face of the circuit board, and switching devices such as relays and the like that are mounted on the obverse face of the circuit board, while the bus bars are formed with terminals by bending the end thereof into substantially L-shape. The case includes a frame that is secured in position around a perimeter edge of the circuit board, and a cover that is mounted on the frame so as to cover the circuit board. Connector housings are mounted on the frame, and bus bar terminals are accommodated in hoods of the connector housing. When harness side connectors are fitted into the hoods, harness side connector terminals connect the bus bar terminals. An example of such an electric connection box is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Publication No. JP -2003-164039 A.
Where an electric connection box as described above is mounted in an automobile, a cabling path of an electric wire to be connected with the electric connection box may require the electric wire to be severely bent right where it is exposed from the harness side connector. For example, where an electric connection box is accommodated in another and larger box and then mounted in an automobile, this type of cabling path easily occurs. Where the wire is severely bent right near the connector, the harness side connector tends to incline in the hood, and as a result, deformation of the wall defining the hood is of concern.
Thus, there is a need in the art for an electrical connection box able to prevent or minimize deformation of hood of a connector housing.


A developing device which regulates the amount of developer transported on a developing sleeve via a regulating member constructed as a magnetic member, so as to not have large fluctuation in the amount of developer transported by a developing sleeve to a developing region even when there is dislocation in the install position of the regulating member, and which produces excellent images having stable density without image noise.

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a developing device used to develop an electrostatic latent image formed on an image-carrying member in an image forming apparatus such as a copier, printer and the like. The present invention specifically relates to a developing device provided with a magnet member having a plurality of magnetic poles on the interior side of a developing sleeve that rotates to transport developer to a developing region confronting said image-carrying member, and which controls the amount of developer transported to said developing region via said developing sleeve by means of a regulating member disposed so as to confront said developing sleeve through a predetermined gap.
2. Description of the Related Art
Conventionally, in image forming apparatuses such as copiers, printers and the like, various developing devices have been used to develop latent images formed on an image-carrying member.
FIG. 1 shows an example of such a developing device. A magnet member 12 having a plurality of magnetic poles N and S is provided within a developing sleeve 11 disposed so as to confront an image-carrying member 1. Developer is maintained on the surface of developing sleeve 11 via the magnetic force of the magnet member 12. Developer is transported in a magnetic brush state to the image-carrying member 1 by means of the rotation of the developing sleeve 11. Developer transported to a developing region opposite the image-carrying member is regulated by a regulating member 13 provided so as to confront the developing sleeve 11 with a predetermined spacing therebetween. Developing sleeve 11 transports a suitable quantity of developer in a magnetic brush state to the developing region, and brings the developer into contact with the image-carrying member. An electrostatic latent image formed on the surface of the image-carrying member is developed, thereby.
When accomplishing developing through contact of a magnetic brush with the image-carrying member 1, however, the toner supplied to the image-carrying member is swept by the magnetic brush, thereby producing streak-like noise in the formed image which disturbs the image.
In recent years, there have been investigations into developing by narrowing the gap Db between the developing sleeve 11 and the regulating member to reduce the amount of developer transported to the developing region by the developing sleeve 11, and using the action of an alternating electric field in the developing region wherein the developing sleeve 11 confronts the image-carrying member 1 so as to accomplish developing without contact between the developer and the image-carrying member.
When the gap Db between the developing sleeve 11 and regulating member 13 is narrowed, however, irregular amounts of developer are transported to the developing region by the developing sleeve 11. Furthermore, foreign matter contained within the developing device as well as flocculant such as flocculated developer and the like within the developing device may accumulate between the developing sleeve 11 and the regulating member 13 so as to prevent developer from being transported by the developing sleeve 11 and produce undeveloped image areas such as white streaks and the like in the formed images.
A regulating member 13 formed of magnetic material magnetically binds the developer to the regulating member 13. Therefore, a suitable amount of developer is transported by developing sleeve 11 to the image-carrying member 1 even when the gap Db is increased between the developing sleeve 11 and regulating member 13.
Even when the regulating member 13 is formed as a magnet member, however, there is variation in the positional relationship between the regulating member 13 and the magnetic pole S of the magnet member 12 confronting the regulating member 13 due to the positioning of the magnet member 12 in the interior side of the developing sleeve 11. Furthermore, when there is variation in the gap Db between the developing sleeve 11 and the regulating member 13, there is great fluctuation in the amount of developer transported by the developing sleeve 11 to image-carrying member 1. Suitable developing cannot be accomplished when too much or too little developer is transported to the image-carrying member 1, such that images having stable density and without image noise cannot be obtained.

Developing device including a magnetic regulating member


A feeder for feeding large wild animals. The feeder has an enclosure for holding feed. A reduced opening toward the bottom of the feeder allows the feed to pass therethrough. The feed enclosure is adapted to cooperate with a feed dispensing apparatus that controls the flow of feed from the reduced opening and is capable of intermittently and selectively dispensing feed by propelling the feed from the reduced opening away from the feeder and within the reach of the animals. A single post supports the feed enclosure above the ground and out of reach of the animals being fed.

1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates in general to game feeders and in particular to deer and hog feeders.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The purpose of deer feeders (deer are used as an example herein, but the concepts applicable to deer also apply to other large wild animals, such as wild hogs and the like) is to supplement the deer's food source. Often, harsh weather or other environmental conditions cause a shortage in the deer's food supply. Shortage of food can cause the deer to move to a different territory, or, where that is not possible, the shortage can result in a malnourished deer population. A malnourished deer population is undesirable for various reasons, but is especially troublesome in areas where the deer are hunted because malnutrition results in poorly developed antlers.
Although it is desirable to maintain a well fed deer population, it is also undesirable to provide excessive feed because it makes the deer dependent on the feed. Deer that become dependent on human-provided feed lose their wild characteristics thereby making them less challenging and enjoyable to hunt. Dependency on human-provided feed is also dangerous for deer because if the feed supply is interrupted (for example, the humans are unable to provide the feed for financial or other reasons), the deer will be at even greater risk than if they had never been fed.
Also, deer feeders are often used in far away and/or hard-to-reach places. Therefore, it is undesirable to have to frequently fill the feeders. Ideally, deer feeders dispense small amounts of feed at predetermined intervals.
A large number of deer feeders on the market today are of the general type shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. Feeder 8 comprises a large feed storage container 10 supported by legs 12a, 12b, and 12c. A ring 14, of diameter slightly larger than container 10 is connected to container 10. Three receivers 16a, 16b, and 16c are connected to ring 14. Receivers 16a, 16b, and 16c are adapted to receive the upper ends of legs 12a, 12b, and 12c. A conical spout 18 is located on the bottom of container 10. A dispensing mechanism 20 is provided for intermittently propelling the feed from spout 18 away from feeder 8 and onto the ground. Dispensing mechanism 20 has a housing 22 connected to container 10 by means of bracket 24. Inside housing 22 is a motor, power supply (usually a battery), and programming means (these three elements are not shown but are well known in the art). The motor is connected to paddle 26. At various pre-selected times throughout the day, the programming means and power means cause the motor to turn quickly thus turning paddle 26 and propelling a pre-determined amount of feed away from feeder 8.
Legs 12a, 12b, and 12c are sufficiently long to maintain container 10 and dispensing means 20 out of the reach of the deer. The dispensing means 20 must be kept out of reach because otherwise the deer could eat food directly from between the conical spout 18 and the paddle 26, thereby finishing the feed prematurely. Legs 12a, 12b, and 12c are angled outwardly from feeder 8, thereby keeping the feeder balanced.
Sometimes, such feeders are suspended from trees, as shown in U.S. Pat. No. 4,945,859. Still other times, a three leg tepee-like structure is formed in which the tops of the legs come together at the a point, and the feeder is suspended from the top of the tepee. As also shown in U.S. Pat. No. 4,945,859, different means of dispensing the feed from the feed container also exist.
Although the deer feeders like those of FIGS. 1 and 2 are generally balanced enough to withstand winds of modest force, they are known to topple when faced with strong winds. Also, wild animals (especially hogs) are notorious for knocking over these types of feeders. Persons have been known to drive stakes through the bottom of the legs of the feeders and into the ground to prevent them from toppling. Although sometimes successful, the stake method is not completely satisfactory because when the ground is muddy the stakes do not hold particularly well.
As a result, many users place fences around the feeders to prevent large animals from knocking the feeders over. Fences of sufficient strength are usually expensive. Also, the feed dispersed inside the fence is often eaten by animals other than the intended recipients of the feed.
The deer feeders of the type shown in FIGS. 1-2 also have the problem of being hard to fill. As discussed above, Deer feeders are generally supported a considerable height above the ground. Although this prevents the deer from taking feed at will from the feed dispensing means, it also makes filling the feeder considerably difficult. In order to fill deer feeders, ladders are often used to gain access to the top of the feeder. Sometimes a vehicle is placed close to the feeder so that the user can climb on the vehicle. Both these methods, in addition to being inconvenient can also be dangerous.
Feeders supported by a single leg, or post, have been used in different applications. For example U.S. Pat. No. 2,544,578, issued to Winkler, discloses a livestock feeding device which is supported by a single leg. However, the Winkler feeding device is not adaptable for feeding deer. This device must be placed within the animal's reach to be functional, and provides no means for limiting the animal's intake of feed.
Another example of a single leg feeder is the birdfeeding device shown in U.S. Pat. No. 5,170,750, issued to Ricketts. The Ricketts device is also not adaptable for feeding deer because it must be within the animal's reach to function, and lacks a means for controlling the animal's intake of feed.
A need exists for a deer feeder that can resist toppling by strong winds and wild animals. The need also exists for such a deer feeder to be easily installable and removable. The need also exists for a deer feeder that is easy to fill.


This disclosure features use of a paper or polymer film that includes a slip agent that can transfer to its surfaces. Once the paper or film is pressed against a glass sheet, this will leave a thin surface roughness of slip agent that can prevent or reduce glass surface scratches from other surfaces or particles during shipping or finishing (e.g., cutting to size, conveyance of glass), thereby improving the yield of glass shipments between glass forming plants and customers. The thin discontinuous layer of slip agent remaining on the glass surface can be washed off easily in subsequent washing processes. The paper or film can have the slip agent imbibed within the paper or coated on it as a surface member.

The shipment of display glass has employed surface protection of both substrate sides using a combination of laminated films with paper interleaf or more recently, a very clean single layer paper-only interleaf material. Referring to FIG. 1 (Prior art) in the former process, three sheets were used between adjacent glass sheets 10, 12 and 12, 14. Two outer layers of polymer film 16, 18 were coated onto facing surfaces 20, 22 of the glass, which sandwiched a sheet of paper 24 between them. The laminated film protection method requires a polymer film coater, films and a film peeler. This three layer interleaf adds extra process steps and sheets of material and increases manufacturing costs. It is highly desirable to use a single layer interleaf material to pack glass sheets at the bottom of the draw (BOD) in a fusion draw process, and to pack finished goods.
At the bottom of the draw the glass is unfinished and has sharp edges that chip easily during subsequent handling and finishing operations. This leads to an increased level of glass chips and other particles on the glass that can cause scratching of the glass during subsequent handling, finishing and shipping of the glass. The surface of the glass may also be scratched by the handling and finishing equipment itself, or by dirt and glass particles on or from the handling and finishing equipment and from other sources. It is desirable to protect the surface of the glass from scratching during handling, finishing and shipping operations downstream of the BOD.


Cryosurgery method and device for performing trans myocardial revascularization are provided. The method includes: forming trans myocardial channels by cryoablating selected portions of the myocardial tissue. The cryosurgery device includes:(a) an operating member having an operating surface and a hollow; and a housing member connected thereto; (b) a first passageway extending along the device for providing high pressure gas to the operating member, the first passageway including a primary Joule Thomson heat exchanger in the form of a primary orifice located on the first passageway for enabling expansion of gas within the hollow of the operating member, thereby providing a desired temperature to the surface of the operating member; (c) a second passageway extending through the length of the housing member for evacuating gas from the operating tip to atmosphere; (d) a third passageway extending along a portion of the device and including a secondary Joule Thomson heat exchanger for providing a desired temperature to gas flowing through the first passageway. Method and device according to the present invention enable to form durable transmyocardial channels without causing considerable trauma to the myocardial tissue.

The present invention relates to method and device for trans myocardial cryo revascularization. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method of conducting trans myocardial revascularization by means of a cryosurgery device. Further, the present invention relates to a cryosurgery device including a plurality of Joule-Thomson heat exchangers which enables to effectively conduct such revascularization procedure.
Trans myocardial revascularization (TMR) procedures including the formation of transmyocardial channels extending from the epicardium to the left ventricular cavity are well known in the art. Such TMR procedures are currently performed by using CO.sub.2 laser or Holmium:YAG laser and are generally known as TMLR procedures.
Various studies have been conducted so as to determine whether such TMLR channels provide significant myocardial perfusion by allowing blood to flow therethrough from the left ventricular chamber into the myocardium.
Histological examinations have revealed that such channels do not provide significant myocardial perfusion. Rather, the channels undergo significant morphologic changes within two weeks, wherein epicardial and endocardial scars appear at the ends of the channels, and wherein the channels are invaded with granulation tissue containing capillaries and lacunar spaces filled with fibrin and red blood cells. After two weeks, the channels are obscured with massive healing response induced by the infraction so that no definitive channels are identified within the healing myocardium.
Thus, it seems that the TMLR (trans myocardial laser revascularization) method fails to provide durable transmyocardial channels and thereby fails to provide significant myocardial perfusion therethrough.
Rather, the healing of the laser induced myocardial burns involves the formation of scar tissue accompanied by neovascularization, which neovascularization may explain the long term therapeutic effect of such TMLR method.
There is thus a widely recognized need for, and it would be highly advantageous to have, cryosurgery method and device for trans myocardial cryo revascularization which enable to form durable transmyocardial channels without causing considerable trauma to the myocardial tissue.
It would be further advantageous to have such method and device which enable to minimize bleeding, and to substantially eliminate the risk of thrombosis, aneurysms or rupture of major blood vessels.
It would be further advantageous to have such method and device which enable to minimize edema and inflammatory response. Further, it would be advantageous to have such method and device which do not completely denature proteins and which enable regeneration of nerve fibers following Wallerian degeneration.
It would be further advantageous to have such method and device which enable to predetermine the location, shape and size of a lesion, thereby minimizing damage to the surrounding area.
Cryosurgery devices including a Joule-Thomson heat exchanger for providing a surface having a fast changing temperature are disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,522,870; 5,540,062; and 5,603,221.
However, none of these inventions provides a plurality of cooling and/or heating chambers for effectively pre-cooling and/or pre-heating the incoming gas before it communicates with the operating tip.
Further, none of these inventions provides a plurality of Joule-Thomson heat exchangers for efficiently and rapidly changing the temperature of gas within such chambers so as to efficiently and rapidly change the temperature of the operating tip.
There is thus a widely recognized need for, and it would be highly advantageous to have, a cryosurgery device having a plurality of cooling and/or heating chambers for effectively pre-cooling and/or pre-heating the incoming gas before it communicates with the operating tip.
It would be further advantageous to have such a device which includes a plurality of Joule-Thomson heat exchangers for efficiently and rapidly changing the temperature of gas within such chambers so as to efficiently and rapidly change the temperature of the operating tip.

Method and device for transmyocardial cryo revascularization


The present invention provides a focusing method and a light-concentrating film capable of concentrating incident light in a wide angular range with high efficiency, a focusing element including the light-concentrating film, and a solar cell. The present invention is alight-concentrating film that is made of an organic material, and is characterized by having a multilevel gradation pattern.

In recent years, in response to the emerging energy resource problems and global environmental problems, the photovoltaic power generation has increased in importance. Thus, expansion of use of the photovoltaic power generation and development of an energy supply technology have been carried out enthusiastically.
The photovoltaic power generation aims at a general-purpose power-level generating cost from the viewpoint of the cost efficiency. This leads to a demand for a solar cell capable of reducing the module manufacturing cost, and having a high generating efficiency.
As a method for enhancing the generating efficiency, an increase in focusing efficiency to a photovoltaic cell can be considered. Conventionally, as optical members for concentrating light, mention may be made of (1) lenses (spherical and aspherical types), (2) concave mirrors, (3) planar films, and the like.
As the planar films, optical members such as a Fresnel lens have been under development (see, e.g., Patent Document 1). However, conventional planar films each cannot concentrate light incident at a shallow angle with respect to the in-plane direction of the planar film. When used as a light-concentrating film for solar cell, in order to perform electric power generation with efficiency, the planar film is required to be a so-called tracking type solar cell in which the orientation of the solar battery cell is allowed to track the direction of radiation of sunlight. The tracking type solar cell is a system controlled so as to cause a focusing element to continuously face the direction of the sun. Accordingly, the whole system is in a complicated structure, posing problems in terms of cost and facilities.
Further, as the planar films, optical elements using hologram are also known. For example, mention may be made of a hologram manufactured by laser imprinting a hologram diffraction pattern onto a photosensitive material. For the formation of such a hologram diffraction pattern, there is used the following method: for a photosensitive material such as gelatin dichromate, the interference fringes of a reference light and an object light such as a laser light are recorded on the photosensitive material surface, and information of the complex amplitude of the object light is optically fixed on the recording surface. However, the photosensitive material lacks the durability (moisture resistance, weather resistance). For this reason, when the planar film having the hologram diffraction pattern is used for a solar cell, it is to be mounted in the inside of the solar battery cell. This results in a solar battery cell of the total internal reflection system as disclosed in, for example, Non-Patent Document 1. Therefore, the solar cell does not concentrate light in a wide angular range (omnidirectional light concentration) in terms of the structure.
On the other hand, not a hologram diffraction pattern laser-imprinted on a photosensitive material but a CGH: Computer Generated Hologram formed by calculating a diffraction pattern by a computer is also proposed.
Patent Document 2 discloses an optical splitter having at least one first optical system, a hologram element having a diffraction grating pattern for splitting light emitted radially from the first optical system into a plurality of luminous fluxes, and focusing the luminous fluxes to a plurality of spots, and a plurality of second optical systems with the light-receptive parts disposed at positions corresponding to the plurality of spots. It is described that determination of the optical phase of the diffraction plane of the hologram element can be designed by a computer generated hologram technology using a computer. However, such a conventional hologram element cannot concentrate incident light in a wide angular range.
Incidentally, Patent Document 3 discloses that the computer generated hologram is calculated using Fourier transform. However, for the computer generated hologram disclosed in Patent Document 3, the base material is quartz, and the resulting gradation pattern also remains on the quartz surface. For this reason, the uses thereof are limited to display devices and the like, and the computer generated hologram is not used for light concentration.    [Patent Document 1] JP-B 3687836    [Patent Document 2] JP-A 2002-228819    [Patent Document 3] JP-A 2004-206254    [Non-Patent Document 1] Glenn Rosenberg, et al., "Holographic planar concentrator increases solar-panel efficiency", Laser Focus World Japan, Japan, 2009, vol. 2, p. 26-28

Light-concentrating film, method for producing same, focusing element, solar cell, and focusing method


There is provided a fastening device in which the tightening load at the engaged portion between the thread of a nut and the thread of a bolt can be made uniform along the length of the threads, the circumferential load distribution at the end of the engagement of the bolt can also be made uniform, and concentration of a stress in the vicinity of the beginning of the engagement can be reduced. The fastening device includes an object to be fastened, having a nut hole; a nut having, at one end, a female screw portion to be fitted in the nut hole and configured such that the center of gravity is located in the nut hole; and a bolt having, at one end, a male screw portion to be screwed into the female screw portion.

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to fastening devices applied to rotary machines such as gas turbines and steam turbines and, in particular, to a fastening device applied to a portion of a rotary machine that is acted on by a centrifugal force in the direction perpendicular (orthogonal) to a fastening direction.
This application is based on Japanese Unexamined Patent Application, Publication No. 2008-128292, the content of which is incorporated herein by reference.
2. Description of Related Art
A known example of a fastening device applied to a portion of a rotary machine that is acted on by a centrifugal force in the direction perpendicular to a fastening direction is disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Application, Publication No. 2001-65586.
However, the fastening device disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Application, Publication No. 2001-65586 has a problem in that the contact pressure generated between the back surface of a nut located radially outside and the surface of an object to be fastened, opposing this back surface, is increased and the contact pressure generated between the back surface of the nut located radially inside and the surface of the object to be fastened, opposing this back surface, is decreased by a centrifugal force that acts on the nut. This increases the tightening load at the engaged portion between the thread of the nut and the thread of a fastening bolt at the beginning of the engagement and decreases it at the end of the engagement, making it uneven along the length of the thread, so that a stress is concentrated in the vicinity of the beginning of the engagement.
A load distribution will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10 in the case where a bending moment due to a tensile stress and a centrifugal force acts on a fastening bolt.
As shown at the upper part in FIG. 9, when a simple tensile load acts on a fastening bolt 201, a load distribution is generated along the axis of the fastening bolt 201. In this case, the maximum load acts at the beginning of the engagement (the starting point of the engagement) of the fastening bolt 201, at which the maximum stress is applied. When a centrifugal force further acts in this state, a bending moment due to the centrifugal force of a nut 202 exerts a raising action on the fastening bolt 201. Therefore, as shown at the left of FIG. 9 and FIG. 10, an uneven circumferential load distribution is generated at the end of the engagement (engaging end) of the fastening bolt 201. FIG. 10 shows a load distribution of the fastening bolt 201 in a cross-sectional view.
On the other hand, the nut 202 is acted on by a tightening force between it and an object to be fastened 203, so that the centrifugal force of the nut 202 is offset against a frictional force due to this tightening force. Its contact pressure exhibits the distribution as shown in the right of FIG. 9. If the centrifugal force of the nut 202 is larger than the frictional force, the excess centrifugal force acts to push the thread of the fastening bolt 201 upward and is transmitted to the fastening bolt 201. This pushing force becomes a maximum at the 6° clockwise position of the fastening bolt 201 in a cross-sectional view. This excess centrifugal force is finally transmitted to the main body of the fastening bolt 201 as a shearing force that acts on the cross section of the fastening bolt 201 at the beginning of the engagement. These pushing force and shearing force that act on the screw surface are factors causing an increase in the degree of concentration of the stress at the maximum contact pressure load position shown at the right of FIG. 9.


This invention relates to a process for preparing asymmetric isoindoline pigments of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 is an electron-withdrawing group, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are independently hydrogen, alkyl, or aryl, and R.sup.4 R.sup.5 R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 are independently hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, or aryloxy. The process employs an initial reaction of a 1,2-dicyanobenzene with an alcohol in an organic medium in the presence of a base. The resultant imino-isoindoline intermediate composition reacts without isolation with a cyanomethylene compound NC--CH.sub.2 -R.sup.1 to form a partly condensed product that is then condensed, optionally without isolation, in the presence of water with barbituric acid or a derivative thereof to form the asymmetric isoindoline pigment.

This invention relates to an improved process for preparing asymmetric isoindoline pigments having high brilliance and color strength and good light- and weather-fastness.
Compounds of formula I are valuable organic pigments previously described in the literature. Such compounds are disclosed, for example, in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,991,054, 3,923,806, 3,987,045, 4,166,179, 4,262,120, 4,316,023, 4,400,507, 4,401,815, 4,599,113, 4,764,217, and 4,970,310 and in Canadian Patent 1,140,130. When describing preparative methods, however, the references disclose processes require an initial preparation of 1-amino-3-iminoisoindoline (also known as 1,3-diiminoisoindoline) (formula A) ##STR2## or ring-substituted derivatives thereof from 1,2-dicyanobenzene and ammonia. Cf. F. Baumann et al., Angew. Chem., 68, 133-150 (1956). Thus, the technical and economical disadvantages of the disclosed methods include the need to convert 1,2-dicyano-benzene into this intermediate in an additional step when compared to the process of the present invention, coupled with safety and environmental problems associated with the need to handle ammonia. In addition, the processes disclosed in these references are typified by the isolation of all intermediates.
The use of dialkoxy isoindolines instead of 1-amino-3-imino-isoindoline avoids the need for ammonia. For example, U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,426,533 and 4,500,718 disclose the use of dialkoxy intermediates analogous to formula VIII (see below) prepared by the reaction of 1,2-dicyanobenzenes with alcoholate bases (formed in situ from a strong base in an alcohol). These patents, however, do not disclose the preparation of purely asymmetric compounds. Instead, the references describe a method for preparing symmetric bis(cyanomethylene) compounds by reaction of dialkoxy intermediates with a single cyanomethylene compound or a mixture containing both asymmetric and symmetric bis(cyanomethylene) compounds by reaction with a mixture of two different cyanomethylene compounds.
U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,646,033, and 3,794,659 disclose a stepwise method for using 1-amino-3-imino-isoindoline, dialkoxy isoindolines, and other such reactive isoindoline derivatives to prepare asymmetric isoindoline derivatives. These patents, however, teach the importance of removing impurities by isolating intermediates and thus, do not suggest methods in which intermediates are not isolated. E.g., Example 76 and Example 25 (note reference to German Patentschrift 879,102, which teaches isolation of 1-alkoxy-3-iminoisoindoline).
Therefore, an object of the present invention was to develop a procedure for synthesizing isoindoline pigments of formula I in pure asymmetric form and without the use of ammonia and 1-amino-3-imino-isoindoline and without the need to isolate intermediates.

Process for preparation of asymmetric isoindoline pigments


A processor-implemented method includes: acknowledging, using a first affiliator identifier obtained from content assigned the first affiliator identifier, an application from a user other than an owner of the content for the same type of content as the accessed content, an affiliator identifier being used to identify an affiliator for the purpose of providing affiliate service, embedding, in the content provided to the other user, a second affiliator identifier identifying the other user; providing the content assigned the second affiliator identifier to the other user; and identifying an affiliator owning the content assigned the first affiliator identifier, based on the first affiliator identifier.

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a method of providing identifier-assigned content assigned an identifier and an ID management device for managing the identifier.
2. Description of the Related Art
Recently, there has been rapid development in technology for communicating over a network such as the Internet. Opportunities are growing for consumers in general to exchange information on products over a network. In association with this, an advertisement model called an affiliate system is employed frequently. In an affiliate system, product information is posted on a blog, etc., a link to a site where the product can be purchased is established, and, when a viewer of the blog purchases the product via the link, an advertisement fee is paid to the manager of the blog.
In this advertisement model, one who posts product information is called an affiliator. In one variation of this advertisement model, an item in possession of an avatar provided in a virtual space (e.g., clothing worn by the avatar) is presented as a medium of advertisement so that the manager of the avatar is benefited as an affiliator (see patent document No. 1).
[Patent Document No. 1] JP 2008-217142
We have come to be aware of possibilities of providing a new distinctive edge to contents using the rapidly developing network communication technology. For example, building a system whereby a purchaser of an actual content, not content in a virtual space, can become an affiliator at the same time as purchasing the content will provide a potential purchaser with motivation to purchase the content.

System and method for encrypting and rewarding users for sharing streaming media between mobile devices over an ad-hoc network


The present invention relates to a mounting apparatus for electronic device which is conformable to a surface contour of a support surface. The invention is directed to a mounting apparatus having a base with a deformable gel including weights and a support structure.

The use of electronic devices in vehicles has increased in recent years. For example, it is increasingly more common to see electronic devices such as global positioning satellite devices, portable telephones, radios and personal digital assistants (PDA's) mounted within vehicles either permanently or in a manner such that the device may be portable. Many of these devices have a screen which visibly communicates information to the user. Thus, it is advantageous to be able to adjust the angle of device to provide maximum viewing capability to the user. The portable device further is advantageous in that can be taken from the vehicle and used outside of the vehicle, thus adding value to the device.
The mounting of devices within vehicles presents a number of problems. For example, it is difficult to mount an electronic device in a vehicle without causing damage to the surface to which it is mounted, for example, the dashboard or floor. It is particularly disadvantageous to mount the device with screws or permanent fasteners. Further, it is advantageous not to use tools to mount the device.
One attempt to satisfy the above disadvantages and advantages is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 6,439,530 B1 ('530 patent), issued Aug. 27, 2002. In the '530 patent, a mounting apparatus for an electronic device comprises a receiving member in the base. The base, disadvantageously, uses pellets as a weight to form the malleable section. The pellets, if the device is damaged, would be difficult to put back together. Also the device is complex to manufacture. The pellets have to be sewn into a bag. Further, the fabric used to hold the pellets is hard to keep clean, can be bleached and is flammable.

Mounting apparatus for electronic devices


A front side member extending in the longitudinal direction of a vehicle is comprised of a kick up portion, and a cylindrical front side member body with an octagonal sectional form extending from the front end to the rear end in front of the kick up portion. The kick up portion and the front side member body are integrated together by joining an inner member and an outer member. The respective portions of the inner member and the outer member between the kick up portion and the front side member are concaved to be in contact with each other, and are welded together to form a joint. A first closed section is formed at the upper side of the joint, and a second closed section is formed at the lower side of the joint. The result realizes a vehicle body structure having a lightweight front side member with an improved impact resistance and a high energy absorbing efficiency.

The invention relates to a vehicle body structure that constitutes a part of the body of a vehicle or the like.
A side member constituting a part of the body of a vehicle or the like is comprised of, for example, a floor side member 1 that extends along the longitudinal side of a floor portion of the vehicle and a front side member 2 that is positioned in front of the floor side member 1 as shown in FIG. 5. The front side member 2 is comprised of a kick up portion 3 that rises up from the front end of the floor side member 1, a front side member body 4 that extends forward from the kick up portion 3, and so forth. The front side member 2 in FIG. 5 is substantially straight in the longitudinal direction if viewed from above, and the front side member 2 has a high energy absorbing efficiency in inhibiting the deformation of the vehicle body in offset impact.
In the above-mentioned front side member 2, a flat area 5 that is relatively wide in the vertical direction is formed at the side including a boundary between the kick up portion 3 and the front side member body 4. In the case of a vehicle crash, the impact resistance of the kick up portion 3 must be increased to improve the energy absorbing efficiency of the front side member body 4. As there is the need for inhibiting the deformation of the flat area 5, the kick up portion 3 is provided with partition-shaped bulkheads 6, 7 functioning as reinforcing materials in order to increase the impact resistance of the kick up portion 3. If, however, the bulkheads 6, 7 are provided in order to inhibit the deformation of the kick up portion 3, the weight of the front side member 2 is increased.
In view of the above, it would therefore be desirable to provide a vehicle body structure that is capable of improving the impact resistance of a kick up portion without using any bulkheads to thus reduce the weight of a front side member.
According to the present invention, a front side member has a front side member body that is shaped like a cylinder having a substantially octagonal sectional form extending from the front end to the rear end is disposed at the side of an engine room in a vehicle, thereby improving energy absorbing efficiency. A pair of an inner member and an outer member constituting the front side member body and a kick up portion are joined together at a joint where a portion at the rear end of said front side member body and a portion at the front end of said kick up portion are concaved to be in contact with each other and are joined together, and thus a first closed section is formed at an upper side of the joint and a second closed section is formed at a lower side of the joint. This improves the impact resistance of the kick up portion. Moreover, the respective ridge lines of the front side member body having the octagonal sectional form are continuously formed from the front end to the rear end of the front side member body, and this further improves the energy absorbing efficiency. Further, the portions between the kick up portion and the front side member body are joined together to form the upper first closed section and the lower second closed section. This improves the impact resistance of the kick up portion without using any bulkheads to achieve the satisfactory energy absorbing efficiency of the front side member body and reduce the weight of the front side member body.

Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha


A temperature compensated crystal oscillation circuit adapted to be contained within a small device package and providing an output frequency accuracy of approximately +/-2 ppm over a temperature range or less than 2 minutes per year over the temperature range. The device includes a crystal and a single integrated circuit wherein the integrated circuit has a temperature sensing circuit with a digital output, control circuitry, a memory circuit and a switched capacitor array for compensating the oscillation of the crystal oscillator over temperature.

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a temperature compensated crystal oscillator circuit. More particularly the present invention relates to a temperature compensated crystal oscillator circuit that utilizes switched capacitor technology wherein all circuitry is contained in a single electronic package, does not need to be calibrated after it leaves manufacturing, and that provides an oscillation frequency with little variation over a wide temperature range.
2. Description of the Related Art
Keeping track of time electronically is an important function. Real time clock circuits have become more and more important in the electronic design industry. Portable computers, portable phones, portable global positioning devices, and many other electronic devices which require accurate real time clock circuits are being used in a wide variety of environments. The electronic devices are required to operate in a cold environment one day and then the next day the same electronic device will be used in a warm environment.
It is well known that temperature has an effect on real time clock circuitry. More particularly as temperature changes the frequency of an oscillation circuit also changes. A crystal, for example a tuning fork style crystal, oscillates at a higher frequency in a midrange temperature and at a lower frequency in cold and a hot temperatures. An AT-cut style crystal will oscillate at a lower frequency in a warm temperature than in a cold temperature. Designs for a real time clock or any oscillation circuits have allowed for speeding up and slowing down of an oscillator in high and low temperatures with a belief that the circuit will spend most of its time in moderate temperatures where the variance in oscillation frequency rate is small. It was also thought that over the course of a year the circuit may spend about the same amount of time in a cold environment as a hot environment thereby nearly balancing the temperature related increase and decrease in oscillation speed.
Compensation circuits used in conjunction with oscillation circuits speed up or slow down the oscillation circuit so that oscillation output is at more of a steady frequency over a wider temperature range. In the past, thermistor and analog temperature sensing devices were used to sense temperature changes.
There are many drawbacks and pitfalls in the electronic designs of former temperature compensated oscillators. First since an analog temperature sensing device is a non-linear device, it was difficult to calibrate the compensation circuitry, especially in mass produced devices. Second, the temperature sensing was not done in the same location as the crystal oscillator was located on the circuit board. There are many temperature gradients around circuitry operating on a printed circuit board. Components on the printed circuit board operate at different temperatures thereby creating temperature gradients. When a temperature sensor is not physically and substantially a part of the oscillation circuitry, the sensor may be sensing a temperature gradient from a neighboring part and not the temperature of the crystal oscillator. Thus, the result of the former temperature compensation circuits is an inaccurate oscillation frequency output. The result of products incorporating the prior temperature compensating circuitry wherein the temperature sensor was not physically part of the compensation and oscillation circuits required the finished products to have the oscillation circuits calibrated after the product was finished being manufactured.
Thirdly, previous crystal oscillators that have been temperature compensated still have a substantial output frequency deviation over the specified temperature range. Previous compensated devices have had frequency deviations over a temperature range of 0.degree. to 40.degree. C. of more than 20 ppm or more than 10 minutes per year. These deviations have become unacceptable in many areas of electronic design such as portable computers, cell phones and medical equipment.
There is a need for a temperature compensated oscillation circuit that maintains better accuracy than prior compensated circuits over a defined temperature range; that incorporates accurate temperature sensing of the area about the crystal oscillator; that is provided in a single electronic package; that is less expensive to manufacture and sell than prior circuitry for compensating a crystal oscillator over temperature; and that is pre-calibrated so that it can be installed in an electronic device without being re-calibrated to the environment within the device.

Temperature compensated crystal oscillator


According to one embodiment a method is disclosed involving storing in a device a static policy framework and one or more dynamic policy algorithms, and controlling policy management in the device by operating the static policy framework and executing the dynamic policy algorithms. The invention also provides in other embodiments an apparatus configured to perform such a method and a computer program product for performing the method.

Communication networks typically operate in accordance with a given standard or specification which sets out what the various elements of the network are permitted to do and how that should be achieved. For example, the standard may define whether the user or more precisely, user equipment is provided with a circuit switched service or a packet switched service. The standard may also define the communication protocols which shall be used for the connection. The given standard also defines one or more of the required connection parameters. The connection parameters may relate to various features of the connection. The parameters may define features such as the maximum number of traffic channels, quality of service and so on or features that relate to multislot transmission.
In other words, the standard defines the "rules" and parameters on which the communication within the communication system can be based. Examples of the different standards and/or specifications include, without limiting to these, specifications such as GSM (Global System for Mobile communications) or various GSM based systems (such as GPRS: General Packet Radio Service), AMPS (American Mobile Phone System), DAMPS (Digital AMPS), WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) or CDMA in UMTS (Code Division Multiple Access in Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) and so on.
The user equipment i.e. a terminal that is to be used for communication over a particular communication network has to be implemented in accordance with the predefined "rules" of the network. A terminal may also be arranged to be compatible with more than one standard or specification, i.e. the terminal may communicate in accordance with several different types of communication services. These user equipment are often called multi-mode terminals, the basic example thereof being a dual-mode mobile station.
It is important that in order to make such communication systems behave as required, the users and operators of the systems use a set of policies that specify how the system should respond to various situations. Policy may be considered to be a combination of rules and services where rules define the criteria for resource access and usage. Policy is required for certain services in order to define which services are supported and how they are supported.
Important functions in policy control are the configuration and management of the policies (e.g. typically via a human interface of the policy control mechanism), and the resolution and enforcement of the policies (e.g. typically via an automated part of the mechanism). The policy resolution and enforcement applies the configured policies by first receiving as an input a trigger event that initiates the resolution of a policy, and then sending as output instructions that enforce the outcome of the resolved policy action.
One example of policy control area is multi-access, i.e. where a multi-mode device has multiple interfaces, logical accesses and connected network domains over which it has connections and traffic flows. The device can have access over these multiple networks sequentially or simultaneously, and policies are needed to describe which connection is acceptable over which network, as well as whether it can or should be moved to a new network.
An example of policy resolution is when a trigger event such as a detection of an interface losing connectivity to a network causes the policy action of attempting detection of a new network with a different interface, joining the new network and then moving all traffic to it from the previous network. The policies involved in this task easily become very complicated, and multiple trigger events can be received during very short periods of time. The policy actions may also become available for sending as outputs at different times, because resolution of some consists of more steps and takes more time than for the others.
Additionally, policies may be created for very different purposes but nevertheless for the same device. For example, a mobile terminal may contain employer's policies that enforce a wide range of parameters in a strictly controlled fashion. But it can also contain policies defined by the employee for use during his leisure time, with lenient interpretation of only a few key parameters. And it may contain yet further policies defined by the provider of a software application running in the terminal, and being able to very exactly define the preferred values for a certain type of traffic. It would be desirable to use all these policies at the same time, but still keep the overall policy framework (including provisioning and configuration) easy to use and efficient to execute.
Known policy management methods may be platform specific due to the use of compilers producing executable binaries, or may not be available to end users, or may involve drastic resource consumption or delays during compilation, or may require rebooting of the device. In addition, policy syntax and formats that would allow detailed processing of versatile inputs are complex and heavy, and the same applies to interpreters using such policies. Policy control methods using lookups are limited to a few parameters or parameter values, or otherwise take a large amount of memory.
Accordingly, there is a need for an improved method of policy management in a user equipment, which provides high performance and versatile policy resolution but in which policies can be easily entered, configured or modified. Embodiments of the present invention aim to address one or more of the above-mentioned problems.


A brake structure capable of adjusting a distance between two brake shoes of a bicycle is disclosed. When the screw is screwed in the adjusting hole, the screw is against and pushing the push member, the concave portion of the push member is pushing the roller, and further the roller is rolling to push the horizontal wall to adjust a distance between the first brake shoe and the second brake shoe to be shorter. When the screw is screwed out of the adjusting hole, the push member is pushed back toward the bolt member, and further the horizontal wall is pushed back toward the push member to roll the roller to adjust the distance between the first brake shoe and the second brake shoe to be longer.

In general, one of the brake shoes of a bicycle may be abraded more seriously after being used for a long time, or two brake shoes do not balance after assembling.
It is difficult or complex to fine tune the distance between two brake shoes. Therefore, the users usually ignore it to adjust.
However, the safety for a rider is not enough. If the brake shoes are not balanced, the friction is not equal and it is easy to reduce the braking efficiency, and then the safety of riders may be influenced.

Brake structure capable of adjusting a distance between two brake shoes of a bicycle


An apparatus for manipulating a user's back while supporting the user's back and hips includes a support defining a longitudinal axis, and a seat pad disposed along the support at a position corresponding to the user's hips for supporting the user's hips. The seat pad is rotatable around the longitudinal axis and has an attached seat belt for holding a user on the seat pad. A pair of handles are provided, one on each side of the seat pad, which are coupled to the seat pad and which are movable in reciprocal back-and-forth motion to control rotation of the seat pad around the longitudinal axis. A resistance device is coupled to the seat pad or elsewhere for providing resistance to reciprocal back-and-forth motion of the handles, and two mechanical stops are provided, one on each side of the apparatus, for limiting rotation of the seat pad. The mechanical stops each have plural settings for adjusting a maximum angle of rotation of the seat pad. The apparatus also includes a back pad coupled to the support, which is adjustable along the longitudinal axis.

1. Field Of The Invention
The present invention relates to an apparatus for manipulating components of a user's back, such as muscles, joints, bones, tendons, ligaments, etc., which provides a rotatable seat pad for holding a user's pelvis and a pair of handles for controlling rotation of the seat pad such that the user's pelvis and the user's back are rotated relative to each other.
2. Description Of The Related Art
Lower back pain plagues a large percentage of the adult population. As is generally known, swimming is an excellent exercise for reducing many types of lower back pain. That is, the pelvic rotation produced during swimming causes movement in the swimmer's back (including, but not limited to, the muscles, joints, bones, tendons and ligaments) which often relieves lower back pain.
Although swimming is an excellent exercise for relieving lower back pain, many of those who suffer from lower back pain are unable to swim on a regular basis due to, for example, physical, financial or climatic restraints. Accordingly, swimming machines, such as that described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,158,513, have been developed to provide an exercise alternative to swimming which most people can do regularly.
Conventional swimming machines, however, suffer from a drawback that is also inherent in swimming. specifically, conventional swimming machines allow free pivoting of the pelvis and do not allow control over the degree of pelvic rotation. As a result, conventional swimming machines may cause pelvic under-rotation, which can diminish the therapeutic effect of the exercise, or pelvic over-rotation, which can harm the user's back even further.
Accordingly, there exists a need for an apparatus which manipulates a user's back by rotating the user's pelvis in a manner similar to that of swimming, and which provides a way for the user to control that rotation.


A method for chemically stabilizing a hydroxide sludge waste material (10) having at least one contaminant is provided. The method of the present invention involves combining one or more oxides formed from each contaminants (11) contained within the hydroxide sludge (10) with at least one ionic binder (12) and glass-making oxides (14) to form a glass-compatible mixture. This mixture is melted, causing each ionic binder (12) to form a glass-compatible oxide, thus forming a glass oxide melt (18). Upon cooling, the glass oxide melt (18) forms a glass composition (20) containing each contaminant alloyed within its chemical structure.

1. Technical Field
The present invention relates generally to a method for converting waste material into an inert form and particularly concerns a method for alloying the ionic contaminants contained within a metal processing sludge waste material directly into the chemical structure of an inert glass material.
2. Discussion
Current metal processing techniques often produce waste solutions containing heavy metal and other ionic contaminants which are classified as hazardous wastes and require proper disposal. The types of metal processing sources for these waste solutions include chromium plating baths, copper circuit board manufacturing baths, alloy-brightening solutions, zinc plating solutions, electrolysis nickel-plating processes and lead-tin solder etching of copper circuit boards. A former method of disposal of these waste solutions throughout the metal processing industry involved the introduction of lime (calcium oxide) to the solutions containing the ionic contaminants. The introduction of lime caused an increase in the pH of the liquids and a precipitation of metallic and other hydroxides including the contaminants originally contained within the waste solutions. The resulting metallic hydroxide sludge waste material was then filtered to separate the metallic hydroxide precipitates from the filter liquor. The metallic hydroxides were then dehydrated to the oxide form and disposed of in a landfill which is conventional in the industry.
The disadvantage associated with this method of disposal involves the tendency of rain water or acidic materials coming into contact with the metallic hydroxide precipitates to solubilize the contaminants contained therein. This may cause the leaching of metallic contaminants from the landfill. Burying of metallic hydroxide waste sludge has thus become undesirable. In order to remedy this undesirable result, the use of these metal processes must be discontinued, or the contaminants must be removed from these metal processing waste solutions by the application of current costly stabilization processes. The discontinuation of their use entirely, however, would require a costly revision of the solutions currently used in the metal processing industry.
Alternative methods for stabilizing certain metallic elements for disposal are presently known. For example, it is possible to recover chromium from a waste solution by electroplating chromium from solution onto a stainless steel cathode. It is also currently possible to add a chelating agent, such as citric acid, to a waste solution containing iron to chelate the iron, after which the chelate complex is rendered inert and can be disposed of without harming the ground water supply. These methods, however, are both costly and time-consuming. Such stabilization processes also do not always ensure a safe containment of the metallic waste products, as the contaminants may still be susceptible to ground water and other solvent solubility.
The need therefore exists for a new method for stabilizing metallic elements from metal processing waste solutions into a chemically acceptable condition for disposal.

Alloying metal hydroxide sludge waste into a glass material