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Patent CA-2270452-A1 (CA)
Title: Weldless spacer
Inventor: SWENSON RICHARD A
IPC: E04C5/16
Filed: 1999-04-30
Abstract: A weldless spacer for manually connecting without a tool two reinforcement cage wires or re-bars of a concrete reinforcing structure in spaced-apart relation is a unitary resilient wire member that has an elongated spanning portion that extends between the reinforcement wires, a hook end portion at one end of the spanning portion, and a fastening end portion at the other end of the spanning portion. The hook end portion includes a detent part and a V-hook part, which are joined by a spacer loop part and capture one of the reinforcement wires. The fastening end portion includes a detent part and a J-hook part, which are joined by a spacer loop part and capture the other reinforcement wire. One or both of the spacer loops are sized to space the reinforcement wire(s) at a desired distance(s) from the adjacent concrete form wall(s) for sufficient concrete cover.
Patent CA-2271215-A1 (CA)
Inventor: COVERT MARK S
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 1999-05-07
Abstract: An automated banking machine (12) is operative to conduct transactions in response to HTML documents and TCP/IP messages exchanged with a local computer system (14) through an intranet (16), as well as in response to messages exchanged with foreign servers (20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 96) in a wide area network (18). The banking machine includes a computer (34) having an HTML document handling portion (76, 80, 82). The HTML document handling portion is operative to communicate through a proxy server (88), with a home HTTP server (90) in the intranet or the foreign servers in the wide area network. The computer further includes a device application portion (84) which interfaces with the HTML document handling portion and dispatches messages to operate devices (36) in the automated banking machine. The devices include a sheet dispenser mechanism (42) which dispenses currency as well as other transaction devices. The device application portion communicates with a device interfacing software portion (64) in the banking machine through a device server (92) in the intranet. The device server maintains local control over the devices in the banking machine including the sheet dispenser. The banking machine operates to read indicia on the user's card corresponding to a system address. The computer is operative to connect the banking machine to the home or foreign server corresponding to the system address, which connected server operates the banking machine until the completion of transactions by the user.
Patent CA-2273104-A1 (CA)
Inventor: MCCORMICK MICHAEL J
IPC: A47L9/14
Filed: 1998-07-22
Abstract: L'invention concerne un aspirateur (10) comprenant un ensemble buse (14), une brosse de battage (40) montée de manière à tourner autour de l'ensemble buse, un ensemble moteur et ventilateur (28) reposant sur l'aspirateur, un ensemble (12) manche et compartiment monté sur l'ensemble buse de manière à tourner. L'ensemble manche et compartiment comprend une cavité (34) permettant de contenir un sac à poussière (36), une porte d'accès amovible (48) permettant l'accès de la cavité et un rabat de retenue (62) placé au coin de l'ouverture d'accès permettant d'insérer et de retenir le sac à poussière dans la cavité lorsque la porte d'accès est installée après le remplacement du sac à poussière. Un rabat de retenue est pourvu, de préférence, à chaque coin de l'ouverture d'accès.
Patent CA-2273463-A1 (CA)
Title: Top guide with spring loaded wheel
Inventor: JACOBS KENNETH
IPC: E05D15/06
Filed: 1999-06-02
Abstract: A wheeled top guide for rolling movement of a door along an inverted U-shaped track includes a housing for mounting on the door with an upwardly-extending axle and a roller thereon for rolling engagement with one side wall of the track. A  vertically-oriented torsion member is seated in the housing and has a vertically-extending elongated torsion rod having its lower end fixed on the housing, a horizontally-extending arm having one end secured to the upper end of the torsion rod and extending away from the first axle, and an upwardly-extending axle adjacent the other end of the arm.  A second roller on this axle is in rolling engagement with the other side wall of the track and is spaced from the first roller. The second roller and arm are resiliently displaceable about the longitudinal axis of the torsion rod towards the housing for insertion of the rollers into the track, and the resulting torque in the torsion rod produces a force biasing the arm and thereby the second roller to maintain the rollers in firm rolling contact with the side walls of the track.
Patent CA-2274241-A1 (CA)
Inventor: WIKLUND SARA
IPC: C07K1/18
Filed: 1997-08-22
Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for purifying apolipoprotein A  (ApoA) or apolipoprotein E (ApoE) from human plasma, by obtaining a fraction of human plasma containing said ApoA or ApoE, prepurifying said fraction in at least one step, binding said ApoA or ApoE to an anion-exchange chromatography gel, and thereafter eluting said ApoA or ApoE from said anion-exchange chromatography gel. The thus produced ApoA or ApoE can be used for the manufacture of a medicament in the treatment of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases, or peripheral atherosclerosis and sepsis as well as in a method for treatment of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases, or peripheral atherosclerosis and sepsis when administered in a therapeutically effective amount.
Patent CA-2276136-A1 (CA)
Inventor: CHENNAKESHU SANDEEP
IPC: H04B7/005
Filed: 1997-12-08
Abstract: An apparatus for joint synchronization of digital communication signals from multiple receive channels is disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a control unit, a metric computer, a decimator and a switch. The control unit generates test sampling phase vectors for use in decimating the signals. The output of the decimator is used by the metric computer to form a metric predictive of the performance of a demodulator. The metric is used by the control unit to select an optimal sampling phase vector. In one embodiment, the metric computer calculates the signal to impairment plus noise ratio (SINR) at the output of the demodulator based on the decimated signals.  An inverse correlation estimator may be used to generate an inverse impairment correlation estimate for use in calculating output SINR. In one embodiment, a data correlation estimator generates a data correlation estimate for use in calculating output SINR. The switch controls the communication of decimated signals to the interference canceling processor. In another embodiment, the apparatus includes a select unit and a metric computer. The select unit may include a control unit and a decimator. The metric computer also includes at least one decimator. Test sampling phase vectors are provided to the metric computer along with the input signals. The metric computer generates a metric predictive of the performance of the interference canceling processor and passes the metric to the control unit. The control unit selects a test sampling phase vector that optimizes performance of the interference canceling processor and passes the selected vector to the decimator, which decimates the input signals according to the sampling phases of the selected sampling phase vector. A method of joint synchronization of signals from multiple receive channels is also disclosed.
Patent CA-2276664-A1 (CA)
Inventor: KAJIMOTO TAKUSI
IPC: B26D7/20
Filed: 1999-06-30
Abstract: A cutting mat for use in cutting a sheet is constructed by a first member formed with an engaging portion on one end thereof and a second member formed with an engaging portion on one end thereof. The engaging portion of the first member and the second member includes a fixing section and a contact section with such a shape that the fixing section and the contact section of the second member are respectively engageable with the fixing section and the contact section of the first member. The first member and the second member are firmly connected to form the cutting mat when the fixing section of the first member is engaged with the fixing section of the second member and the contact section of the first member is rendered into contact with the contact section of the second member.
Patent CA-2277130-A1 (CA)
Title: Pharmaceutical and alimentary compositions containing bacteria of the genus acetobacter
Inventor: ANDRIOLLI ADRIANO
IPC: A61K35/74
Filed: 1998-01-05
Abstract: Bacteria of the genus Acetobacter, in particular Acetobacter xylinum, are useful for the treatment of gastroenteral dysmicrobisms, gastroenteral acute and chronic infections and impairments of the gastroenteral functionality.
Patent CA-2277792-A1 (CA)
Title: A toothbrush with flexibly mounted bristles
Inventor: RAVEN STEPHEN JOHN
IPC: A46B7/06
Filed: 1998-02-13
Abstract: A toothbrush having a handle at one end thereof and a bristle bearing head, the head comprising a skeleton, a resilient member mounted on at least one side of the skeleton, tuft mounting means in the skeleton and/or resilient member for receiving bristles, the resilient member bristle tufts being capable of toggling movement, the resilient member tuft mounting means comprising an array of rigid receptacles or wells attached to the skeleton by a bridge hinge, characterised in that the bridge hinges are broken.
Patent CA-2283301-A1 (CA)
Title: Procede et appareil permettant d'identifier des utilisateurs du reseau et des ordinateurs du reseau
Inventor: BARNES TODD A
IPC: H04L12/24
Filed: 1998-03-11
Abstract: Selon l'invention, un gestionnaire (46) de dénomination doit résoudre des informations de mappage concernant une pluralité d'ordinateurs reliés à un réseau local (LAN 24) et leurs utilisateurs. Le gestionnaire (46) de service de dénomination collecte des inforamtions de mappage c'est-à-dire les noms d'enregistrement des utilisateurs, les noms des domaines, les noms d'ordinateurs et les adresses IP (protocole Internet) provenant d'une pluralité d'agents (50) de service de dénomination situés sur le réseau local (24) et corrèle les informations de mappage sous forme d'une affectation ordinateur courant-utilisateur ou d'un "mappage" relatif à chaque utilisateur du réseau (24) et/ou d'une affectation adresse IP courante-ordinateur ou d'un "mappage" relatif à chaque ordinateur connecté au réseau local (24). Le gestionnaire (46) de service de dénomination envoie les informations de mappage corrélées à une pluralité d'applications (48) de service de dénomination qui traitent les informations de mappage corrélées en fonction de leurs propres besoins et exigences.
Patent CA-2285013-A1 (CA)
Inventor: FREIMER NELSON B
IPC: C07K14/47
Filed: 1998-03-27
Abstract: The present invention relates to the mammalian fsh15w6 gene, a novel gene associated with bipolar affective disorder (BAD) in humans. The invention encompasses fsh15w6 nucleic acids, recombinant DNA molecules, cloned genes or degenerate variants thereof, fsh15w6 gene products and antibodies directed against such gene products, cloning vectors containing mammalian fsh15w6 gene molecules, and hosts that have been genetically engineered to express such molecules. The invention further relates to methods for the identification of compounds that modulate the expression of fsh15w6 and to using such compounds as therapeutic agents in the treatment of fsh15w6 disorders and neuropsychiatric disorders. The invention also relates to methods for the diagnostic evaluation, genetic testing and prognosis of fsh15w6 disorders and neuropsychiatric disorders including schizophrenia, attention deficit disorder, a schizoaffective disorder, a bipolar affective disorder or a unipolar affective disorder, and to methods and compositions for the treatment of these disorders.
Patent CA-2285143-A1 (CA)
Inventor: GROMOTKA GABRIEL P
IPC: F21V17/00
Filed: 1999-10-06
Abstract: A lighting fixture includes a first open end, a second end, a movable dividing plate positioned between the first and second ends, and a release mechanism. The dividing plate defines a light compartment extending from the open end to the plate and a wiring compartment extending from the plate to the second end. The release mechanism is designed to release the plate to move the plate to permit access to the wiring compartment from the first end. The lighting fixture may stacked with other lighting fixtures of the same type, with the second end of one fixture inserted into the first open end of an adjacent fixture.
Patent CA-2285448-A1 (CA)
Inventor: COLE MICHAEL C
IPC: F23D3/26
Filed: 1999-01-14
Abstract: The present invention includes a wick holder (20), whereby the upper portion of the ferrule is "S" crimped (30), without piercing the ferrule (24), to reduce the flow of fuel upward through the ferrule. The bottom of the base (22), on the opposite side of the cylindrical ferrule, is completely sealed off by a hot-melt adhesive (42), thereby preventing fuel from traveling up the hollow ferrule (24). By reducing the flow of fuel within the present wick holder, the wick holder restricts the supply of fuel to the candle wick when the flame burns the candle wick down to the top of the wick holder ferrule. By restricting the supply of fuel to the wick, the candle flame, upon burning down to the top of the wick holder, self-extinguishes before allowing the flame to approach the surface of the glass candle holder (15).
Patent CA-2287125-A1 (CA)
Title: Method of manufacturing a pipe liner bag
Inventor: YOKOSHIMA YASUHIRO
IPC: B29C65/62
Filed: 1999-10-25
Abstract: A method of manufacturing a pipe liner bag which is composed of a tubular resin absorbent material having an outer surface covered with a highly air-tight plastic film and a hardenable resin impregnated in the tubular resin absorbent material. The method involves folding a strip-shaped resin absorbent material and aligning both ends thereof in the width direction, straight sewing overlapped portions to form a tubular resin absorbent material while leaving a sewing margin, turning the tubular resin absorbent material inside out such that a previous inner surface thereof appears outside, and welding or adhering a plastic film entirely or partially on the outer surface of the tubular resin absorbent material to air-tight seal the outer surface. The method can reduce a time required for a joining operation and simplifying a sealing operation after both ends of the strip-shaped resin absorbent material have been joined.
Patent CA-2288493-A1 (CA)
Inventor: FOX DARREN A
IPC: A63J11/00
Filed: 1999-11-03
Abstract: A kit for assembling mazes is herein described. The kit comprises a plurality of panels, each panel including connectors for attaching additional panels thereto. The connectors comprise a male connector having a substantially cylindrical shape and a female connector arranged to be fitted over the male connector for attaching the panels together. The connectors are arranged such that there are male connectors on a first end of the panel and on the two adjacent sides located proximal to the first end and female connectors on the second end of each panel.  Furthermore, the male connectors are spaced about the first end such that up to three panels can be attached to a given panel. The panels also include a removable anchor arranged to be attached to the bottom of each panel for anchoring the panels to the ground when the maze structure is being assembled outdoors.
Patent CA-2296291-A1 (CA)
Title: Production of pathogen resistant plants
Inventor: NAZARIAN KATHERINE A P
IPC: C12N15/82
Filed: 1998-07-16
Abstract: Methods for increasing resistance in plants to pathogens by the expression of a hydrogen peroxide/reactive oxygen species producing enzyme or an oxalate degrading enzyme. The present invention relates to a method of producing a pathogen resistant hybrid plant by crossing the appropriate transgenic expressing a hydrogen peroxide/reactive oxygen species producing enzyme or an oxalate degrading enzyme with pathogen tolerant lines or inbreds obtained through conventional genetic manipulations, or by transformation of tolerant plants or plant tissues with a hydrogen peroxide/reactive oxygen species producing gene or by altering the expression of an endogenase hydrogen peroxide/reactive oxygen species producing gene. The synergistic effect of expression of a hydrogen peroxide/reactive oxygen species producing enzyme or an oxalate degrading enzyme in a tolerant background gives significant and unexpectedly high resistance to the pathogens.
Patent CA-2296554-A1 (CA)
Title: Structural board of straw
Inventor: HOLOWACH RAYMOND
IPC: B27N3/04
Filed: 1998-07-17
Abstract: A structural panel, board, or beam and method of making same, with straw that is oriented is provided. The straw is preferably oriented such that strands are parallel oriented in one or more directions.  The straw strands are chopped, split, and a binder such as MDI is added.
Patent CA-2297281-A1 (CA)
Title: Method for treating alkaline waste water
Inventor: CHAVET BERNARD
IPC: C02F1/52
Filed: 1998-07-22
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of treating alkaline waste water originating from washing spent oil which has undergone an alkaline treatment with water and which contains organic material. This method can produce water which can be discharged into conventional industrial water treatment facilities or which can be used directly as a base for preparing fertilizers or for preparing an agent for preventing ice formation on road surfaces.
Patent CA-2299172-A1 (CA)
Title: Composition useful for obtaining a matt or dull-glazed coating, use of said composition and resulting coating
Inventor: BERNARD JEAN-MARIE
IPC: C08G18/80
Filed: 1998-07-29
Abstract: The invention concerns a composition, characterised in that it comprises by successive or simultaneous addition: an isocyanate at least partially masked having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of at least 20  DEG C, advantageously of at least 40  DEG C and a release rate at 120  DEG C of at most 5 %; a polyol with the following characteristics: a glass transition temperature (Tg) of at least 40  DEG C approximately, advantageously of at least 50  DEG C approximately; a hydroxyl value of at least 10 mg/g, advantageously, 15 mg/g; a mean molar mass Mn at least equal to about 1000, advantageously to 2000 g/mol. The invention is applicable to paints.
Patent CA-2304429-A1 (CA)
Title: Slide guide device, knockout device, and press machine using the same
Inventor: KANAMARU NAONOBU
IPC: B30B15/04
Filed: 2000-04-06
Abstract: A middle liner of a slide guide device for a machine press has a spherical shaped side which fits into a sliding gib attached to a slide. The middle liner slides along a fixed gib at first and second linear surfaces that are at an angle with each other. The combination of self-alignment and smooth movement of the slide is achieved in the presence of an eccentric load acting on the slide. A machine press equipped with such a slide guide device has excellent eccentric load resistance and high working precision. In a further embodiment, a press machine is further equipped with a knockout device having knockout block moving between a pair of guide rails. A plurality of middle liners, each having at least one spherical surface, are positioned between the knockout block and the guide rails. The resulting knockout device provides a stable knockout load with low noise and low energy consumption.
Patent CA-2305965-A1 (CA)
Title: Fibrillated pultruded electrical component
Inventor: ROLLINS DAVID E
IPC: H01R4/58
Filed: 1991-03-08
Abstract: An electrical component for making electrical contact with another component comprising a pultruded composite member having a plurality of small diameter conductive fibers in a polymer matrix said plurality of fibers being oriented in said matrix in a direction substantially parallel to the axial direction of said member and being continuous from one end of said member to the other to provide a plurality of potential electrical contacts at each end of said member. at least one end of said member having a fibrillated brush-like structure of said plurality of fibers providing a densely distributed filament contact wherein the terminating ends of the fibers in the brush-like structure defines an electrically contacting surface. In a preferred embodiment the brush-like member is a laser fibrillated structure.
Patent CA-2306649-A1 (CA)
Inventor: NIR DAVID
IPC: H04B10/556
Filed: 2000-04-25
Abstract: An optical address decode, and an associated method for routing optical data packets. One embodiment of the decoder includes a plurality of waveguides, and semireflective elements that define, within each waveguide, a resonant cavity, each resonant cavity being of a different length. Addresses are encoded as equal spacings of sequences of optical pulses. An address to be decoded is directed simultaneously to all waveguides. Resonance is set up only in the waveguide whose resonant cavity matches the optical pulse spacing of the address. Another embodiment of the decoder includes a plurality of waveguides of different lengths, with the length difference between adjacent waveguides corresponding to a certain propagation time interval. Each waveguide terminates in an optoelectronic detector. Addresses are encoded as patterns of bits spaced according to this propagation time interval, with optical pulses representing "1" bits. An address to be decoded is directed, bit by bit, simultaneously to all waveguides. When the last bit of the address reaches the end of the shortest waveguide, each of the other bits reaches the end of a correspondingly longer waveguide. The encoded address is reflected in the consequent activation pattern of the detectors.
Patent CA-2306686-A1 (CA)
Title: Fluorescence-based high throughput screening assays for protein kinases and phosphatases
Inventor: MARSCHKE CHARLES K
IPC: G01N33/50
Filed: 1998-12-02
Abstract: The invention relates to novel fluorescence-based assays for protein kinases and phosphatases which can be used in high throughput screening. The methods of the invention utilize a competitive immunoassay to determine the amount of substrate that is phosphorylated or dephosphorylated during the course of a kinase or phosphatase reaction to yield a product, as well as the phosphorylating or dephosphorylating activity of a kinase or phosphatase.
Patent CA-2310240-A1 (CA)
Title: Relais electromagnetique a fusible pouvant se dissoudre
Inventor: DIETRICH ROMAN
IPC: H01H9/10
Filed: 1998-10-21
Abstract: Ce relais possède une structure avec bobine, culasse et induit, ainsi que des contacts, l'un de ces contacts étant relié avec un élément de connexion (7) par l'intermédiaire de la culasse (8, 9) et d'un fusible enfichable. La culasse comporte une section (9) s'étendant latéralement sur le relais jusqu'au voisinage de la face inférieure. Une borne à ressorts (15, 16) en saillie latérale est fixée respectivement sur la section de culasse (9) et l'élément de connexion (7) associé. Les deux bornes à ressorts (15, 16) sont shuntées par le fusible enfichable (12) monté latéralement sur le relais.
Patent CA-2310461-A1 (CA)
Title: Inorganic pigments containing pigment preparations
Inventor: NYSSEN PETER-ROGER
IPC: C09D11/32
Filed: 1998-11-10
Abstract: The invention relates to pigment preparations containing a) solid compounds from the groups of oxides of titanium, zinc, tin, tungsten, molybdenum, nickel, bismuth, cerium, indium, hafnium, iron and/or silicon carbide, zinc sulfide, barium titanate, calcium titanate and/or silicon and/or solid silicon compounds in which silicon is available in stoichiometric surplus, with primary particles having a mean diameter of 500 nm, and b) at least one coloring agent which distinguishes itself from the solid compounds named under a). The inventive pigment preparations are characterized by a good resistance to light of the substrates colored with said preparations.
Patent CA-2311181-A1 (CA)
Title: Aging resistant, porous silicon carbide ceramic igniter
Inventor: ARSENAULT NORMAND P
IPC: C04B35/573
Filed: 2000-06-12
Abstract: This invention relates to an aging resistant SiC igniter having a second layer of recrystallized SiC within the body.